Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Knettishall Eviction Risk: Elevated , Towson
Tract 24005491201 ·
Baltimore County, MD · pop 2,033 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 24005491201 sits in the Knettishall area of Towson eviction risk, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 10/10.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%Stable renters 14%Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units873
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$89,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Knettishall
Moderate
Within parent city
67th percentile
#7 of 19 tracts In Towson
Elevated
Within county
74th percentile
#57 of 219 tracts In Baltimore County
Elevated
Within state
76th percentile
#348 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Towson and the region
Centroid at 39.3970, -76.5746 · click any tract to drill in
Why Knettishall scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Towson
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$2,016 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Towson
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Towson
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Towson
6.6
How Knettishall compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
36%Socioeconomic
24%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
30%Housing & transportation
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.
11.1%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
11.9%Food insecurity
8.6%SNAP enrollment
6.6%Transit barriers
6.9%No health insurance
15.7%Frequent mental distress
23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Knettishall
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.6/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Baltimore County average of 5.7. Cost burden runs 51% here against 46.8% across Baltimore County.
At $2,016 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Towson commands. On the national scale it lands near the 83rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $89,063. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 24005491201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005491201?
Census tract 24005491201 in the Knettishall neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 24005491201?
Median gross rent is $2,016/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24005491201?
10.3% of residents in tract 24005491201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,033.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24005491201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 24th, minority 55th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 24005491201 considered part of Knettishall?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005491201 fall within Knettishall (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24005491201 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24005491201 compare to Towson overall?
Tract 24005491201 scores 6.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Towson at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Towson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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