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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

Browns Corner Eviction Risk: High , Silver Spring

Tract 24031702000 · Montgomery County, MD · pop 5,423 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 24031702000 covers part of the Browns Corner area of Silver Spring, MD, and scores 8.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 22% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,703
Renter share55.8%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$67,902

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Browns Corner
Moderate
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 19 tracts In Silver Spring
High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 232 tracts In Montgomery County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Silver Spring and the region

Centroid at 38.9952, -76.9933 · click any tract to drill in

Why Browns Corner scores 8.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Silver Spring
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,629 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Silver Spring
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Silver Spring
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Silver Spring
6.5

How Browns Corner compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Browns Corner risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.4This tracttract 7020007.0Silver Springparent city6.1Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

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 Browns Corner

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Montgomery County average of 46.7%. It sits 2.4 points above the Montgomery County average of 6.0. Food insecurity runs 38.7% against 17.8% nationally.

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10.

Average gross rent is $1,629, 15% below the Silver Spring average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 2.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $67,902.

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 24031702000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24031702000?

Census tract 24031702000 in the Browns Corner neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (High 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 24031702000?

Median gross rent is $1,629/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24031702000?

13.1% of residents in tract 24031702000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,423.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24031702000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 77th, minority 93th, housing 83th.
Q5

Is tract 24031702000 considered part of Browns Corner?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24031702000 fall within Browns Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24031702000 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.6% 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. 16.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24031702000 compare to Silver Spring overall?

Tract 24031702000 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of Silver Spring at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Silver Spring eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Silver Spring

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

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