Rock Creek Palisades Eviction Risk: Elevated , North Kensington

Against Montgomery County at 46.7%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.2/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,648 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of North Kensington commands.

Nationally it ranks #17,132 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Montgomery County average of 6.0 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.