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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally

Yale Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Tract 24510250102 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 3,096 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

How risky is the Yale Heights area of Baltimore for landlords? Census tract 24510250102 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,351 a month while the average household earns $57,699 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 32% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,269
Renter share61.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$57,699

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Yale Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#122 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
Low
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#124 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
Low
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#154 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.2773, -76.6902 · click any tract to drill in

Why Yale Heights scores 6.4

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
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,351 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Yale Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Yale Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.46.4This tracttract 250102Baltimore: 6.76.7Baltimoreparent cityCounty: 6.66.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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 Yale 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 28.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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 24510250102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510250102?

Census tract 24510250102 in the Yale Heights neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 24510250102?

Median gross rent is $1,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510250102?

14.6% of residents in tract 24510250102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,096.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510250102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 80th, minority 92th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 24510250102 considered part of Yale Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510250102 fall within Yale Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510250102 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.3% 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. 18.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510250102 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510250102 scores 6.4/10, 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 24510250102 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. 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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