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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally

Pen Lucy Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Tract 24510090100 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 3,770 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 24510090100 sits in the Pen Lucy area of Baltimore eviction risk, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 21% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,663
Renter share45.5%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate17.5%
Median income$62,176

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Pen Lucy
Moderate
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#114 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
Moderate
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#112 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
Moderate
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#374 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.3370, -76.6037 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pen Lucy scores 6.6

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
17.5% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,083 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 Pen Lucy compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pen Lucy risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.6This tracttract 0901006.6Baltimoreparent city6.8Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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 Pen Lucy

The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. SNAP participation runs 32.8% against 15.2% nationally.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.8/10. Average gross rent is $1,083, 19% below the Baltimore average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 54% of renters. It tracks the Baltimore City average of 6.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $62,176.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 24510090100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510090100?

Census tract 24510090100 in the Pen Lucy neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 24510090100?

Median gross rent is $1,083/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510090100?

17.5% of residents in tract 24510090100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,770.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510090100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 89th, minority 91th, housing 47th.
Q5

Is tract 24510090100 considered part of Pen Lucy?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510090100 fall within Pen Lucy (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510090100 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.1% 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. 19.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510090100 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510090100 scores 6.6/10, right in line with 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 24510090100 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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