Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Potomac Crest Eviction Risk: Lower , Sharpsburg
Tract 24043011600 · Washington County, MD · pop 2,950 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 24043011600 in the Potomac Crest area of Sharpsburg, MD reads lower for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.9/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,152
Renter share16.6%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$86,308
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sharpsburg and the region
Centroid at 39.4489, -77.7553 · click any tract to drill in
Why Potomac Crest scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sharpsburg
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,197 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sharpsburg
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sharpsburg
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sharpsburg
3.1
How Potomac Crest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Potomac Crest
Average gross rent is $1,197, 80% above the Sharpsburg average. Against the Washington County average of 5.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.4 points.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Washington County average of 42.4%. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.5% against 15.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 3.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $86,308, annual rent is just 17%.
Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 2.5 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 24043011600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24043011600?
Census tract 24043011600 in the Potomac Crest neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 24043011600?
Median gross rent is $1,197/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24043011600?
3.8% of residents in tract 24043011600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,950.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24043011600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 35th, minority 3th, housing 9th.
Q5
Is tract 24043011600 considered part of Potomac Crest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24043011600 fall within Potomac Crest (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24043011600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24043011600 compare to Sharpsburg overall?
Tract 24043011600 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Sharpsburg at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sharpsburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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