Neighborhood · Ranked #6,694 of 84,120 nationally

Featherbed Eviction Risk: High , Woodlawn

Tract 24005401507 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 7,200 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Eviction risk in the Featherbed area of Woodlawn centers on tract 24005401507, which scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 7,200 residents. It lands near the 85th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,465 monthly, set against $76,534 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 69% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.4

High

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 41% Owners 30%

Tract context

Occupied units2,520

Renter share69.5%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate12.4%

Median income$76,534

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Woodlawn and the region

Centroid at 39.3134, -76.7547 · click any tract to drill in

Why Featherbed scores 8.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Woodlawn

9.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.4

State political climate

Maryland legislature & governorship

5.7

Economic stress

12.4% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$1,465 rent vs county FMR

2.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Woodlawn

4.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Woodlawn

3.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Woodlawn

4.2

How Featherbed compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

74%Socioeconomic
87%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
68%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
4%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 Featherbed. 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.

21.6%Housing insecurity
13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
26.0%Food insecurity
20.4%SNAP enrollment
12.2%Transit barriers
11.8%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
26.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Featherbed

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 5.3/10. 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 Woodlawn 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 safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

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 24005401507

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005401507?

Census tract 24005401507 in the Featherbed neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 24005401507?

Median gross rent is $1,465/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005401507?

12.4% of residents in tract 24005401507 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,200.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005401507?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 87th, minority 89th, housing 68th.

Is tract 24005401507 considered part of Featherbed?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005401507 fall within Featherbed (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24005401507 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.6% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24005401507 compare to Woodlawn overall?

Tract 24005401507 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of Woodlawn at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woodlawn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 24005401507 historically redlined?

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

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