Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally

Wiltondale Eviction Risk: Lower , Towson

Tract 24005491000 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 2,472 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 24005491000 (the Wiltondale neighborhood of Towson, Maryland) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #29,640 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $212,560 a year. Renters make up 4% of occupied homes.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 4% Owners 96%

Tract context

Occupied units781

Renter share4.2%

SVI overall0.01

Poverty rate0.8%

Median income$212,560

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Towson and the region

Centroid at 39.3800, -76.5980 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wiltondale scores 3

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

0.8% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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

1%Socioeconomic
13%Household composition
27%Racial/ethnic minority
6%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

60%Grade A
1%Grade B
24%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 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.

5.2%Housing insecurity
3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
4.8%Food insecurity
3.0%SNAP enrollment
3.3%Transit barriers
3.5%No health insurance
11.7%Frequent mental distress
17.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wiltondale

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Towson eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Baltimore County average of 6.7 and below the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 24005491000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005491000?

Census tract 24005491000 in the Wiltondale neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005491000?

0.8% of residents in tract 24005491000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,472.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005491000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 13th, minority 27th, housing 6th.

Is tract 24005491000 considered part of Wiltondale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005491000 fall within Wiltondale (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24005491000 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.2% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24005491000 compare to Towson overall?

Tract 24005491000 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Towson at 6.2/10. 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.

Was tract 24005491000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.