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Benning Ridge Eviction Risk: High , Washington

Tract 11001009907 · District of Columbia, DC · pop 2,472 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 11001009907 covers part of the Benning Ridge area of Washington, DC, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,472 residents. Cost burden runs 15% here against 43.0% across District of Columbia.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 63% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units873
Renter share73.9%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate28.1%
Median income$67,724

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Benning Ridge
Very Low
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#19 of 206 tracts In Washington
Very High
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 206 tracts In District of Columbia
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 206 tracts In District of Columbia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Washington and the region

Centroid at 38.8828, -76.9388 · click any tract to drill in

Why Benning Ridge scores 9.9

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
28.1% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$757 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Benning Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Benning Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.9This tracttract 0099079.1Washingtonparent city8.7Countyavg tract in county8.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 632Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 9.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.0%Peak (2006)
  • 131Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 11001009907
Filings dropped 17% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Benning Ridge. 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 Benning Ridge

At $757 a month, rents run 61% under what the rest of Washington commands. SNAP participation runs 41.9% against 15.2% nationally.

The score leans hardest on state political climate at 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 38.3% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10.

This is renter territory: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 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. Court records carry 632 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 17.0% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 9.8% of renter households face a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 11001009907

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 11001009907?

Census tract 11001009907 in the Benning Ridge neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 11001009907?

Median gross rent is $757/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 11001009907?

28.1% of residents in tract 11001009907 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,472.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 11001009907?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 71th, minority 97th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 11001009907 considered part of Benning Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 11001009907 fall within Benning Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 11001009907?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 632 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 11001009907 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.76% of renter households, peaking at 17.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 11001009907 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.8% 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. 20.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 11001009907 compare to Washington overall?

Tract 11001009907 scores 9.9/10, higher 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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