Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally

Pleasant Run Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gaithersburg

Tract 24031700820 · Montgomery County, MD · pop 3,471 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 24031700820 (the Pleasant Run neighborhood of Gaithersburg, Maryland) comes in at 7.4/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 98% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,105 monthly, set against $86,746 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 75% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 34% Owners 26%

Tract context

Occupied units1,187

Renter share74.6%

SVI overall0.72

Poverty rate12.5%

Median income$86,746

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gaithersburg and the region

Centroid at 39.1447, -77.2297 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pleasant Run scores 4.3

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

12.5% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$2,105 rent vs county FMR

4.1

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 Pleasant Run compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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

66%Socioeconomic
56%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
66%Housing & transportation

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.

20.7%Housing insecurity
11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
26.0%Food insecurity
19.2%SNAP enrollment
11.7%Transit barriers
17.3%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
28.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pleasant Run

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Gaithersburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Montgomery County average of 6.7 and above the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 20.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 24031700820

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24031700820?

Census tract 24031700820 in the Pleasant Run neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 24031700820?

Median gross rent is $2,105/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24031700820?

12.5% of residents in tract 24031700820 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,471.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24031700820?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 56th, minority 86th, housing 66th.

Is tract 24031700820 considered part of Pleasant Run?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24031700820 fall within Pleasant Run (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24031700820 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.7% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24031700820 compare to Gaithersburg overall?

Tract 24031700820 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Gaithersburg at 6.3/10. 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

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