Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Taylor Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Baltimore
Tract 24510270501 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 4,161 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 24510270501 covers the Taylor Heights neighborhood of Baltimore, home to 4,161 residents. For landlords it grades 6.9/10, an elevated reading. On the national scale it ranks #5,696 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
64% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 58% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,796 a month against an average household income of $84,618 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,723
Renter share12.4%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$84,618
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baltimore and the region
Centroid at 39.3656, -76.5362 · click any tract to drill in
Why Taylor Heights scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,796 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Taylor Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 59%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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.
- 16.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 14.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Taylor Heights
The heaviest input here is 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 safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.0% 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 24510270501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510270501?
Census tract 24510270501 in the Taylor Heights neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 24510270501?
Median gross rent is $1,796/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24510270501?
5.4% of residents in tract 24510270501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,161.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24510270501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 31th, minority 73th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 24510270501 considered part of Taylor Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510270501 fall within Taylor Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24510270501 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24510270501 compare to Baltimore overall?
Tract 24510270501 scores 5.2/10, lower 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 24510270501 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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