Barney Circle Eviction Risk: Elevated , Washington

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Washington eviction laws, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the District of Columbia County average of 7.4 and in line with the District of Columbia statewide average of 7.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 984 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 18.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 43.2% of renter households in 2007.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.