Neighborhood · Ranked #7,180 of 84,120 nationally

Mount DeSales Eviction Risk: High , Catonsville

Tract 24005400600 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 3,163 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

For landlords sizing up the Mount DeSales area of Catonsville, census tract 24005400600 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. That is riskier than about 92% of US census tracts.

About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,210 monthly, set against $93,934 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.

Risk score

8.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 21% Owners 63%

Tract context

Occupied units1,266

Renter share37.0%

SVI overall0.29

Poverty rate7.0%

Median income$93,934

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Catonsville and the region

Centroid at 39.2791, -76.7183 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mount DeSales scores 8.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Catonsville

8.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.4

State political climate

Maryland legislature & governorship

5.7

Economic stress

7.0% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$1,210 rent vs county FMR

1.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Catonsville

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Catonsville

6.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Catonsville

5.9

How Mount DeSales compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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

27%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
58%Racial/ethnic minority
47%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.

1%Grade A
99%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mount DeSales. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

11.0%Housing insecurity
6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
11.5%Food insecurity
8.5%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
15.8%Frequent mental distress
22.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mount DeSales

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.9/10. 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 Catonsville 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 County average of 6.7 and in line with the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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.

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 24005400600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005400600?

Census tract 24005400600 in the Mount DeSales neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 24005400600?

Median gross rent is $1,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005400600?

7.0% of residents in tract 24005400600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,163.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005400600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 15th, minority 58th, housing 47th.

Is tract 24005400600 considered part of Mount DeSales?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005400600 fall within Mount DeSales (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24005400600 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24005400600 compare to Catonsville overall?

Tract 24005400600 scores 8.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Catonsville at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Catonsville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 24005400600 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Catonsville

Top eight tracts in Catonsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.