Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Meade Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 24003740603 · Anne Arundel County, MD · pop 2,444 · 76% of tract blocks fall in Fort Meade
Census tract 24003740603 belongs to Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is home to 2,444 residents and scores 6.7/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #8,017 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,212 a month against an average household income of $104,234 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 100% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 60%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units863
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$104,234
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Meade and the region
Centroid at 39.0651, -76.7566 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Meade scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Meade
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,212 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Meade
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Meade
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Meade
4.6
How Fort Meade compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 66%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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fort Meade
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Fort Meade, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Anne Arundel County average of 6.4 and in line with the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 42nd 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.
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 24003740603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24003740603?
Census tract 24003740603 in Fort Meade scores 3.3/10 (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 24003740603?
Median gross rent is $2,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24003740603?
7.9% of residents in tract 24003740603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,444.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24003740603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 10th, minority 66th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24003740603 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24003740603 compare to Fort Meade overall?
Tract 24003740603 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Fort Meade at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Meade; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fort Meade
Top eight tracts in Fort Meade ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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