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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Wiltondale Eviction Risk: High , Towson

Tract 24005490800 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 3,105 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 24005490800 sits in the Wiltondale area of Towson eviction risk, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. The severe-burden share is 48%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 12% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,194
Renter share37.9%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$96,944

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Wiltondale
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 19 tracts In Towson
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 219 tracts In Baltimore County
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Towson and the region

Centroid at 39.3897, -76.5983 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wiltondale scores 8

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
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,728 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Wiltondale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wiltondale risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 4908006.6Towsonparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

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.

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 Wiltondale. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wiltondale

68% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Baltimore County average of 46.8%. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10. Against the Baltimore County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.1/10.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Baltimore. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 2.5 points hotter. Average gross rent is $1,728, close to the Towson average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $96,944.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 24005490800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005490800?

Census tract 24005490800 in the Wiltondale neighborhood scores 8/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 24005490800?

Median gross rent is $1,728/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005490800?

28.0% of residents in tract 24005490800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,105.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005490800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 35th, minority 24th, housing 48th.
Q5

Is tract 24005490800 considered part of Wiltondale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005490800 fall within Wiltondale (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24005490800 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24005490800 compare to Towson overall?

Tract 24005490800 scores 8/10, higher than 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.
Q8

Was tract 24005490800 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 Towson

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

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