Hillmark Eviction Risk: Elevated , Ballenger Creek

Against the Frederick County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.0 points. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.2/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,905, close to the Ballenger Creek average.

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