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Neighborhood · Reisterstown, MD

Delight Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 3,756 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10 · range 7.8–7.8

Delight maps to a single census tract in Reisterstown, MD, population 3,756. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. 42% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

Cost burden runs roughly three in four against 39.4% citywide, putting Delight 36.6% over its own city. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.9/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.8/10. 15.0% 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 28.5% of adults, 10.7 points above the national rate.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 3/10. Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Reisterstown, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.

For a like-for-like read, Hunters Glen South and Cherry Valley score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Average gross rent runs $1,571, close to the Reisterstown average. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $60,000.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 7.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Delight vs Reisterstown How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
76.0% +93%
Reisterstown: 39.4%
Average gross rent
$1,571 -2%
Reisterstown: $1,600
Average HH income
$60,000 -25%
Reisterstown: $79,812
Poverty rate
25.4% +115%
Reisterstown: 11.8%
Renter share
30.7% -9%
Reisterstown: 33.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Delight and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 7.8–7.8

Why Delight scores 7.8

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 6.4–6.4 across tracts
6.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.7–6.7 across tracts
6.7
Rent control risk
76% of income on rent · Range 7.8–7.8 across tracts
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.6–5.6 across tracts
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
31% renter households · Range 7.9–7.9 across tracts
7.9
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Economic stress
25.4% below poverty line · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Risk score comparison

Delight vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Delight score vs. parent city, state, U.S.7.8DelightNeighborhood6.4Parent cityhost city5.5Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Delight

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
24005404502 7.8 3,756 76% $1,571
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 79

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

Socioeconomic status 80%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 85%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Delight

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

Frequently asked

About Delight

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Delight?

Delight scores 7.8/10 (Elevated 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 Delight compare to Reisterstown overall?

Delight scores 1.4 points higher than Reisterstown overall (6.4/10). Renters spend 76% of income on rent vs 39% citywide. Average rent: $1,571 vs $1,600.
Q3

What is the average rent in Delight?

Average gross rent in Delight is $1,571/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Delight residents are renters?

31% of Delight households are renter-occupied (vs 34% in Reisterstown). The neighborhood has 3,756 residents.
Q5

Is Delight a high social-vulnerability area?

Delight sits in the 79th 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 Delight for landlords?

Delight carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). 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 Reisterstown as a whole (6.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Delight?

Delight has 3,999 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (39.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (33.1%), Hispanic / Latino (16.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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