Montgomery Knolls Eviction Risk: High , Silver Spring
Tract 24031702101 ·
Montgomery County, MD · pop 6,379 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 24031702101 sits in the Montgomery Knolls area of Silver Spring eviction risk, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.4/10. Population here is 6,379. Cost burden runs 73% here against 46.7% across Montgomery County.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%Stable renters 11%Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,912
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$81,488
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Montgomery Knolls
Moderate
Within parent city
94th percentile
#2 of 19 tracts In Silver Spring
Very High
Within county
99th percentile
#3 of 232 tracts In Montgomery County
Very High
Within state
100th percentile
#6 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Silver Spring and the region
Centroid at 39.0084, -76.9944 · click any tract to drill in
Why Montgomery Knolls 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
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,549 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Montgomery Knolls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
86%Socioeconomic
84%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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.
22.9%Housing insecurity
13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
29.3%Food insecurity
23.1%SNAP enrollment
13.1%Transit barriers
19.7%No health insurance
15.3%Frequent mental distress
31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Montgomery Knolls
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Against the Montgomery County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.4 points.
25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8/10. At $1,549 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Silver Spring commands. Housing insecurity runs 22.9% against 14.2% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 19.7% against 11.3% nationally. Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, 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 housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $81,488.
40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 24031702101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24031702101?
Census tract 24031702101 in the Montgomery Knolls 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 24031702101?
Median gross rent is $1,549/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24031702101?
15.9% of residents in tract 24031702101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,379.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24031702101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 84th, minority 90th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 24031702101 considered part of Montgomery Knolls?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24031702101 fall within Montgomery Knolls (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24031702101 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.9% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24031702101 compare to Silver Spring overall?
Tract 24031702101 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.