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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally

Saint Helena Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Tract 24510260605 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 5,798 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 24510260605 covers the Saint Helena area of Baltimore, home to 5,798 residents. For landlords it grades 7.2/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than about 97% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 71% of renter households, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,203 monthly, set against $54,832 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 11% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,133
Renter share38.8%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$54,832

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Saint Helena
Moderate
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#97 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
Moderate
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#98 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
Moderate
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#116 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.2584, -76.5497 · click any tract to drill in

Why Saint Helena scores 6.8

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
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,203 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Saint Helena compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Saint Helena risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 260605Baltimore: 6.76.7Baltimoreparent cityCounty: 6.66.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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 Saint Helena

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 about the same as 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 24.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Part of this tract, about 5% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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 24510260605

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510260605?

Census tract 24510260605 in the Saint Helena neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 24510260605?

Median gross rent is $1,203/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510260605?

18.8% of residents in tract 24510260605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,798.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510260605?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 75th, minority 72th, housing 70th.
Q5

Is tract 24510260605 considered part of Saint Helena?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510260605 fall within Saint Helena (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510260605 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.1% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510260605 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510260605 scores 6.8/10, right in line with 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 24510260605 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 5% 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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