North Capitol Street Eviction Risk: High , Washington

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10.

80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the District of Columbia average of 8.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 5.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the DC average is 8.7, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,804, close to the Washington average.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $81,458.

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