Brandermill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Germantown

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Montgomery County average of 46.7%. 79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.2/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the Montgomery County average of 6.0. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

Average gross rent is $2,195, close to the Germantown average. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $88,163.

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