Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Lyttonsville Eviction Risk: Lower , Silver Spring
Tract 24031702700 · Montgomery County, MD · pop 7,388 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
How risky is the Lyttonsville area of Silver Spring for landlords? Census tract 24031702700 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 95% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 73% of renter households, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,892 a month against an average household income of $131,076 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,479
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$131,076
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Silver Spring and the region
Centroid at 38.9993, -77.0553 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lyttonsville scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,892 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Lyttonsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lyttonsville
What moves this score most is 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 above the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 63rd 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 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% 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 24031702700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24031702700?
Census tract 24031702700 in the Lyttonsville neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 24031702700?
Median gross rent is $1,892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24031702700?
8.8% of residents in tract 24031702700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,388.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24031702700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 35th, minority 76th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 24031702700 considered part of Lyttonsville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24031702700 fall within Lyttonsville (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24031702700 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24031702700 compare to Silver Spring overall?
Tract 24031702700 scores 3.6/10, 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.
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5.2
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5.1
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/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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