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Belair-Parkside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Tract 24510260301 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 4,195 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 24510260301 (the Belair-Parkside area of Baltimore, Maryland) comes in at 7.6/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 99th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 82% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,578 monthly, set against $49,511 in average yearly household income, roughly 38% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 8% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,438
Renter share45.4%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate30.0%
Median income$49,511

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Belair-Parkside
Moderate
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#41 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.3221, -76.5667 · click any tract to drill in

Why Belair-Parkside scores 7.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Baltimore
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.8
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
30.0% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$1,578 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Baltimore
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Baltimore
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Baltimore
6.0

How Belair-Parkside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Belair-Parkside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.77.7This tracttract 260301Baltimore: 6.76.7Baltimoreparent cityCounty: 6.66.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Belair-Parkside

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Baltimore eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Baltimore City County average of 7.1 and above the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 66th 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 32.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.8% 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 24510260301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510260301?

Census tract 24510260301 in the Belair-Parkside neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated 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 24510260301?

Median gross rent is $1,578/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510260301?

30.0% of residents in tract 24510260301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,195.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510260301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 72th, minority 93th, housing 35th.
Q5

Is tract 24510260301 considered part of Belair-Parkside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510260301 fall within Belair-Parkside (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510260301 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.4% 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. 22.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510260301 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510260301 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Baltimore at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Baltimore eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 24510260301 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Top eight tracts in Baltimore ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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