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Brookside Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Silver Spring

Tract 24031702200 · Montgomery County, MD · pop 4,128 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Brookside Forest in Silver Spring is where census tract 24031702200 sits, home to 4,128 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.7/10. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,013 a month while the average household earns $198,906 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 5% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,586
Renter share9.3%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$198,906

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Brookside Forest
Moderate
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 19 tracts In Silver Spring
Very Low
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#88 of 232 tracts In Montgomery County
Elevated
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#758 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Silver Spring and the region

Centroid at 39.0093, -77.0065 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brookside Forest scores 3.1

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
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,013 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Brookside Forest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brookside Forest risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.13.1This tracttract 702200Silver Spring: 6.56.5Silver Springparent cityCounty: 2.82.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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 Brookside Forest

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.5/10. 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 Silver Spring eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Montgomery County average of 6.7 and in line with 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 26th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% 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 24031702200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24031702200?

Census tract 24031702200 in the Brookside Forest neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 24031702200?

Median gross rent is $2,013/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24031702200?

1.7% of residents in tract 24031702200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,128.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24031702200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 45th, minority 63th, housing 30th.
Q5

Is tract 24031702200 considered part of Brookside Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24031702200 fall within Brookside Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24031702200 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24031702200 compare to Silver Spring overall?

Tract 24031702200 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Silver Spring at 6.5/10. 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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