Chesney Eviction Risk: Lower , Damascus

Against the Montgomery County average of 6.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.1 points. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.2/10.

Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $130,044, annual rent is just 15%. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,654, close to the Damascus average.

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