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Neighborhood · Baltimore, MD

Towanda-Grantley Eviction Risk: High

1 census tracts · pop 4,513 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8/10 · range 8–8

Towanda-Grantley is a one-tract neighborhood of Baltimore, MD and houses 4,513 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8/10, in the High tier. Cost burden runs 59% against 32.0% citywide, putting Towanda-Grantley 26.6% over its own city.

The severe-burden share is 37%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1/10.

Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. 20.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Food insecurity affects 36.1% of adults, 18.3 points above the national rate. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

At $1,151 a month, rents sit 14% under what the rest of Baltimore commands. Among the 157 mapped neighborhoods of Baltimore, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.

For a like-for-like read, Easterwood and Darley Park score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
8
High
1 tracts · population-weighted
Towanda-Grantley vs Baltimore How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
58.6% +83%
Baltimore: 32.0%
Average gross rent
$1,151 -14%
Baltimore: $1,331
Average HH income
$43,138 -28%
Baltimore: $59,623
Poverty rate
27.2% +35%
Baltimore: 20.1%
Renter share
56.5% +8%
Baltimore: 52.5%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Towanda-Grantley and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 8–8

Why Towanda-Grantley 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
59% 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
57% 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
27.2% below poverty line · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Risk score comparison

Towanda-Grantley vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Towanda-Grantley score vs. parent city, state, U.S.8.0Towanda-GrantleyNeighborhood6.6Parent cityhost city5.5Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Towanda-Grantley

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
24510151300 8 4,513 59% $1,151
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 90

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 83%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 97%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 96%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Towanda-Grantley

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

Frequently asked

About Towanda-Grantley

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Towanda-Grantley?

Towanda-Grantley scores 8/10 (High tier) across 1 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 Towanda-Grantley compare to Baltimore overall?

Towanda-Grantley scores 1.4 points higher than Baltimore overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,151 vs $1,331.
Q3

What is the average rent in Towanda-Grantley?

Average gross rent in Towanda-Grantley is $1,151/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Towanda-Grantley residents are renters?

57% of Towanda-Grantley households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Baltimore). The neighborhood has 4,513 residents.
Q5

Is Towanda-Grantley a high social-vulnerability area?

Towanda-Grantley 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

How safe is Towanda-Grantley for landlords?

Towanda-Grantley carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Towanda-Grantley?

Towanda-Grantley has 4,345 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (87.4%), Other / Multiracial (4.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (3.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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