Centerville Eviction Risk: Lower

Against Montgomery County at 42.9%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10.

At $986 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Centerville commands. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 1.2 points below the Montgomery County average of 4.2.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10. Housing insecurity runs 5.4% against 14.2% nationally.

Court records carry 103 eviction filings across 17 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 2.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.