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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally

Metropolitan Grove Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gaithersburg

Tract 24031700706 · Montgomery County, MD · pop 4,312 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 24031700706 covers part of the Metropolitan Grove area of Gaithersburg, MD, and scores 7.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,312. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 26% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,613
Renter share57.4%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$102,917

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Metropolitan Grove
Very Low
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 23 tracts In Gaithersburg
Moderate
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 232 tracts In Montgomery County
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#261 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gaithersburg and the region

Centroid at 39.1518, -77.2282 · click any tract to drill in

Why Metropolitan Grove scores 7.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gaithersburg
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,932 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gaithersburg
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gaithersburg
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gaithersburg
5.9

How Metropolitan Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Metropolitan Grove risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.2This tracttract 7007066.9Gaithersburgparent city6.1Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Metropolitan Grove. 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 Metropolitan Grove

The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Against Montgomery County at 46.7%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Against the Montgomery County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.

Nationally it ranks #11,988 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,932, close to the Gaithersburg average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $102,917.

57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 24031700706

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24031700706?

Census tract 24031700706 in the Metropolitan Grove neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (Elevated 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 24031700706?

Median gross rent is $1,932/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24031700706?

7.3% of residents in tract 24031700706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,312.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24031700706?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 75th, minority 83th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 24031700706 considered part of Metropolitan Grove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24031700706 fall within Metropolitan Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24031700706 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.8% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24031700706 compare to Gaithersburg overall?

Tract 24031700706 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Gaithersburg at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gaithersburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gaithersburg

Top eight tracts in Gaithersburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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