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Eviction Risk in Friendly Hills , Fort Washington

2 census tracts · pop 9,576 · pop-weighted composite 6.9/10 · range 6.9–6.9

Friendly Hills is a black-hispanic neighborhood in Fort Washington with 2 census tracts and a population of 9,576 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 6.9/10 (Elevated tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 59% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 17% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $2,373/month sits 12% lower than the Fort Washington citywide median ($2,690).

Eviction Risk
6.9
Elevated tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
59%
17% severely burdened
Median rent
$2,373
Median household income
$143,374
4.8% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Friendly Hills vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Friendly Hills score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Friendly Hills: 6.96.9Friendly HillsNeighborhoodParent city: 7.17.1Parent cityhost cityState: 6.96.9Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · MD
Berkshire
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
3 tracts · pop. 10.7K
Peer · MD
Greenwood Forest
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
4 tracts · pop. 19.7K
Peer · MD
Highland
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
2 tracts · pop. 7.1K
Peer · MD
Ardwick Park
7.0
/ 10 · Elevated
1 tracts · pop. 2.2K
Comparison

Friendly Hills vs Fort Washington

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
6.9 -3%
Fort Washington: 7.1
Rent burden
59.1% +89%
Fort Washington: 31.3%
Median gross rent
$2,373 -12%
Fort Washington: $2,690
Median HH income
$143,374 -2%
Fort Washington: $145,942
Poverty rate
4.8% -11%
Fort Washington: 5.4%
Renter share
11.7% +35%
Fort Washington: 8.7%
Where

Tract centroids in Friendly Hills

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

Black-Hispanic Neighborhood — 9,804 residents across all tracts in Friendly Hills. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 20.3% White (non-Hispanic): 7.7% Black (non-Hispanic): 59.6% Asian (non-Hispanic): 3.9% Other / Multiracial: 8.5%
  • Hispanic / Latino 20.3%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 7.7%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 59.6%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 3.9%
  • Other / Multiracial 8.5%
Census tracts

2 tracts in Friendly Hills

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
24033801305 6.9 6,257 40% $2,520
24033801313 6.9 3,319 96% $2,096
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 43

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 41%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 51%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 27%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Friendly Hills

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 348Total filings (sum)
  • 18.09%Avg annual filing rate
  • 57.6%Peak year (2016)
  • 28.87%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Friendly Hills

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Friendly Hills

What is the eviction-risk score for Friendly Hills?

Friendly Hills scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Friendly Hills compare to Fort Washington overall?

Friendly Hills scores 0.2 points lower than Fort Washington overall (7.1/10). Rent burden: 59% vs 31% citywide. Median rent: $2,373 vs $2,690.

What is the median rent in Friendly Hills?

Median gross rent in Friendly Hills is $2,373/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Friendly Hills residents are renters?

12% of Friendly Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 9% in Fort Washington). The neighborhood has 9,576 residents.

Is Friendly Hills a high social-vulnerability area?

Friendly Hills sits in the 43th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

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