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Neighborhood · Baltimore, MD

Harlem Park Eviction Risk: High

3 census tracts · pop 5,850 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8/10 · range 8–8

Harlem Park takes in 3 census tracts of Baltimore, MD and houses 5,850 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 8/10, in the High tier. Against a Baltimore baseline of 32.0%, 58% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

Food insecurity affects 44.9% of adults, 27.1 points above the national rate. 32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 34.4% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

At $908 a month, rents sit 32% under what the rest of Baltimore commands. The poverty rate is 33%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is a renter market: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the high side is economic stress at 8.2/10. That places it #1 of 157 neighborhoods in Baltimore.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Easterwood and Darley Park. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Its 3 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

With little internal variation, 8/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
8
High
3 tracts · population-weighted
Harlem Park vs Baltimore How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
58.2% +82%
Baltimore: 32.0%
Average gross rent
$908 -32%
Baltimore: $1,331
Average HH income
$27,607 -54%
Baltimore: $59,623
Poverty rate
32.8% +63%
Baltimore: 20.1%
Renter share
72.6% +38%
Baltimore: 52.5%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Harlem Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 8–8

Why Harlem Park scores 8

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 8.8–8.8 across tracts
8.8
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Rent control risk
58% of income on rent · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
73% renter households · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Economic stress
32.8% below poverty line · Range 6.9–9.3 across tracts
8.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Risk score comparison

Harlem Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Harlem Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.8.0Harlem ParkNeighborhood6.6Parent cityhost city5.5Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Harlem Park?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 0 points from 8 to 8. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Harlem Park

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
24510160200 8 2,132 50% $1,061
24510160100 8 2,023 52% $770
24510160300 8 1,695 75% $880
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 90

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 86%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 92%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 96%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 62%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Harlem Park

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

Frequently asked

About Harlem Park

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Harlem Park?

Harlem Park scores 8/10 (High tier) across 3 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 Harlem Park compare to Baltimore overall?

Harlem Park scores 1.4 points higher than Baltimore overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $908 vs $1,331.
Q3

What is the average rent in Harlem Park?

Average gross rent in Harlem Park is $908/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Harlem Park residents are renters?

73% of Harlem Park households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Baltimore). The neighborhood has 5,850 residents.
Q5

Is Harlem Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Harlem Park sits in the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Harlem Park have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Harlem Park is census tract 24510160200 (score 8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8 to 8, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Harlem Park for landlords?

Harlem Park carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Baltimore as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Harlem Park?

Harlem Park has 5,132 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (86.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (5.1%), Hispanic / Latino (4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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