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Owings Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Reisterstown

Tract 24005404201 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 6,133 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

In the Owings Ridge area of Reisterstown, census tract 24005404201 scores 6.7/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 90% of US census tracts.

38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,720 monthly, set against $97,868 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 40% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units2,389
Renter share64.3%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$97,868

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Owings Ridge
Moderate
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Reisterstown
Moderate
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#92 of 219 tracts In Baltimore County
Elevated
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#643 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Reisterstown and the region

Centroid at 39.4436, -76.7936 · click any tract to drill in

Why Owings Ridge scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Reisterstown
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,720 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Reisterstown
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Reisterstown
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Reisterstown
6.8

How Owings Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Owings Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.63.6This tracttract 404201Reisterstown: 6.56.5Reisterstownparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

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 Owings Ridge

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength 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 Reisterstown 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 predominantly Black and ranks around the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 19.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.2% 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 24005404201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005404201?

Census tract 24005404201 in the Owings Ridge neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 24005404201?

Median gross rent is $1,720/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005404201?

8.9% of residents in tract 24005404201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,133.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005404201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 68th, minority 84th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 24005404201 considered part of Owings Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005404201 fall within Owings Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24005404201 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.8% 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. 12.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24005404201 compare to Reisterstown overall?

Tract 24005404201 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Reisterstown at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Reisterstown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Reisterstown

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

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