Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Westminster Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 24013507602 · Carroll County, MD · pop 4,616 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Westminster

Census tract 24013507602 covers part of Westminster, MD, and scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,616. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

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 units1,847

Renter share29.1%

SVI overall0.46

Poverty rate7.9%

Median income$98,295

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Westminster and the region

Centroid at 39.5745, -76.9658 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westminster scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Westminster

4.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.8

State political climate

Maryland legislature & governorship

5.7

Economic stress

7.9% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$932 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Westminster

7.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Westminster

8.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Westminster

6.7

How Westminster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

28%Socioeconomic
45%Household composition
16%Racial/ethnic minority
82%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

9.9%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
11.4%Food insecurity
9.3%SNAP enrollment
6.4%Transit barriers
7.9%No health insurance
15.9%Frequent mental distress
29.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westminster

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10. Average gross rent is $932, 37% below the Westminster average. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Against Carroll County at 40.1%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Carroll County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $98,295, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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 24013507602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24013507602?

Census tract 24013507602 in Westminster 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.

What is the average rent in tract 24013507602?

Median gross rent is $932/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24013507602?

7.9% of residents in tract 24013507602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,616.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24013507602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 45th, minority 16th, housing 82th.

What share of households in tract 24013507602 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.9% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24013507602 compare to Westminster overall?

Tract 24013507602 scores 6.7/10, higher than the parent city of Westminster at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westminster; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Westminster

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