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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

Cathedral Heights Eviction Risk: High , Washington

Tract 11001000803 · District of Columbia, DC · pop 2,464 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 11001000803 sits in the Cathedral Heights area of Washington eviction laws, DC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.8/10. It is home to 2,464 residents. The severe-burden share is 53%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 7% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,284
Renter share30.6%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$143,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Cathedral Heights
Very High
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#93 of 206 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#93 of 206 tracts In District of Columbia
Elevated
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#91 of 206 tracts In District of Columbia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Washington and the region

Centroid at 38.9336, -77.0835 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cathedral Heights scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Washington
9.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
9.3
State political climate
District of Columbia legislature & governorship
9.5
Economic stress
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$2,917 rent vs county FMR
7.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Washington
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
9.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Washington
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Washington
9.5

How Cathedral Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cathedral Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.8This tracttract 0008039.1Washingtonparent city8.7Countyavg tract in county8.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cathedral Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cathedral Heights

Cost burden runs about three-quarters here against 43.0% across District of Columbia. Average gross rent is $2,917, 49% above the Washington average.

The score leans hardest on state political climate at 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10.

The voucher gap is 26.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Housing insecurity runs 5.4% against 14.2% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.7% against 11.3% nationally. Nationally it ranks #4,622 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 11001000803

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 11001000803?

Census tract 11001000803 in the Cathedral Heights neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 11001000803?

Median gross rent is $2,917/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 11001000803?

18.6% of residents in tract 11001000803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,464.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 11001000803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 21th, minority 55th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 11001000803 considered part of Cathedral Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 11001000803 fall within Cathedral Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 11001000803 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.4% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 11001000803 compare to Washington overall?

Tract 11001000803 scores 8.8/10, lower than the parent city of Washington at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Washington eviction laws; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Washington

Top eight tracts in Washington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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