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Neighborhood · Glen Burnie, MD

Watson's Glen Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 12,184 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.3/10 · range 3.3–5.8

Watson's Glen spans 2 census tracts of Glen Burnie, MD, population 12,184. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.3/10, in the Moderate tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10.

The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.3 to 5.8, a 2.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. 28% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. The severe-burden share is 16%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Food insecurity affects 8.0% of adults, 9.8 points below the national rate. At $1,857 a month, rents sit 13% over what the rest of Glen Burnie commands.

5.0% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. That places it #11 of 10 neighborhoods in Glen Burnie.

Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Shannon Forest and Tydings score within a fraction of it.

Against average income of $164,186, annual rent is only 14%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.5 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Watson's Glen vs Glen Burnie How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
28.4% -5%
Glen Burnie: 29.8%
Average gross rent
$1,857 +13%
Glen Burnie: $1,648
Average HH income
$164,186 +86%
Glen Burnie: $88,291
Poverty rate
2.8% -72%
Glen Burnie: 9.9%
Renter share
14.2% -60%
Glen Burnie: 35.9%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Watson's Glen and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3.3–5.8

Why Watson's Glen scores 4.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.2–8.9 across tracts
7.3
Rent control risk
28% of income on rent · Range 4.4–6.4 across tracts
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.2–5.7 across tracts
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
14% renter households · Range 2.8–7.5 across tracts
4.8
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.5–5.8 across tracts
4.5
Economic stress
2.8% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.6–5.6 across tracts
4.4
Risk score comparison

Watson's Glen vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Watson's Glen score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.3Watson's GlenNeighborhood5.9Parent cityhost city5.5Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Watson's Glen

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
24003730509 5.8 5,083 23% $2,091
24003730601 3.3 7,101 33% $1,689
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 7

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 6%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 24%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 14%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Watson's Glen

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Watson's Glen

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Watson's Glen?

Watson's Glen scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Watson's Glen compare to Glen Burnie overall?

Watson's Glen scores 1.6 points lower than Glen Burnie overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 28% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,857 vs $1,648.
Q3

What is the average rent in Watson's Glen?

Average gross rent in Watson's Glen is $1,857/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Watson's Glen residents are renters?

14% of Watson's Glen households are renter-occupied (vs 36% in Glen Burnie). The neighborhood has 12,184 residents.
Q5

Is Watson's Glen a high social-vulnerability area?

Watson's Glen sits in the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Watson's Glen have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Watson's Glen is census tract 24003730509 (score 5.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.3 to 5.8, a spread of 2.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Watson's Glen for landlords?

Watson's Glen carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Glen Burnie as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Watson's Glen?

Watson's Glen has 12,195 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (75.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.6%), Hispanic / Latino (6.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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