Congress Heights Eviction Risk: High , Washington

What pushes it up most is state political climate at 9.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,192, 39% below the Washington average. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the District of Columbia average of 43.0%. The poverty rate is 30%, 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. Food insecurity runs 28.7% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 3,675 evictions over 7 years of observation.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2007, when 60.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 49.7% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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