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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Liberty Square Eviction Risk: High , Baltimore

Tract 24510150500 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 1,376 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 8/10, tract 24510150500 in the Liberty Square area of Baltimore, MD reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,376 residents. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 24% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units723
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate32.1%
Median income$41,354

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Liberty Square
Moderate
Within parent city
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.3222, -76.6601 · click any tract to drill in

Why Liberty Square scores 8

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
32.1% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$936 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Liberty Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Liberty Square risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 1505006.6Baltimoreparent city6.8Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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 Liberty Square

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 10/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Food insecurity runs 36.0% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.8/10.

At $936 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Baltimore commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Baltimore City average of 6.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.

Against Baltimore City at 50.2%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Baltimore. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 24510150500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510150500?

Census tract 24510150500 in the Liberty Square neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 24510150500?

Median gross rent is $936/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510150500?

32.1% of residents in tract 24510150500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,376.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510150500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 97th, minority 96th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 24510150500 considered part of Liberty Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510150500 fall within Liberty Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510150500 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.9% 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. 20.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510150500 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510150500 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Baltimore at 6.6/10. 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 24510150500 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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