Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Frostburg Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 24001001600 · Allegany County, MD · pop 1,351 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Frostburg
24001001600 is a census tract in Frostburg, MD. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,351. roughly one in eight of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Allegany County average of 38.9%.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units616
Renter share26.3%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$50,694
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Frostburg and the region
Centroid at 39.6898, -78.9301 · click any tract to drill in
Why Frostburg scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Frostburg
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$894 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Frostburg
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Frostburg
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Frostburg
7.6
How Frostburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Frostburg
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.6/10. On the national scale it lands near the 77th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 5.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Allegany County average of 5.5 closely. Average gross rent is $894, close to the Frostburg average.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $50,694. 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 24001001600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24001001600?
Census tract 24001001600 in Frostburg scores 5.9/10 (Moderate 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 24001001600?
Median gross rent is $894/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24001001600?
11.4% of residents in tract 24001001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,351.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24001001600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 70th, minority 12th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24001001600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24001001600 compare to Frostburg overall?
Tract 24001001600 scores 5.9/10, lower than the parent city of Frostburg at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Frostburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Frostburg
Top eight tracts in Frostburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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