Benning Ridge Eviction Risk: High , Washington

The score leans hardest on state political climate at 9.5/10. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Average gross rent is $1,235, 37% below the Washington average. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 33.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 31.2% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Against the District of Columbia average of 8.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,438 filings here across 7 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2008 at 44.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 30.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.