Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Longfellow Eviction Risk: Elevated , Columbia

Tract 24027605503 · Howard County, MD · pop 5,526 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 24027605503 covers part of the Longfellow area of Columbia, MD, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.9/10.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 18% Owners 64%

Tract context

Occupied units2,216

Renter share35.7%

SVI overall0.71

Poverty rate16.1%

Median income$104,824

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbia and the region

Centroid at 39.2277, -76.8800 · click any tract to drill in

Why Longfellow scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Columbia

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

Maryland legislature & governorship

5.7

Economic stress

16.1% poverty · this tract

4.0

Supply constraint

$1,895 rent vs county FMR

4.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Columbia

5.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Columbia

7.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Columbia

4.8

How Longfellow compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

52%Socioeconomic
83%Household composition
76%Racial/ethnic minority
68%Housing & transportation

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.

12.3%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
13.7%Food insecurity
10.5%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
7.8%No health insurance
14.1%Frequent mental distress
24.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Longfellow

It sits 2.0 points above the Howard County average of 5.3. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10. Against Howard County at 45.4%, 50% of renters here are cost-burdened. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.4/10. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,895, close to the Columbia average.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $104,824. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 24027605503

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24027605503?

Census tract 24027605503 in the Longfellow neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 24027605503?

Median gross rent is $1,895/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24027605503?

16.1% of residents in tract 24027605503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,526.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24027605503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 83th, minority 76th, housing 68th.

Is tract 24027605503 considered part of Longfellow?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24027605503 fall within Longfellow (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24027605503 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.3% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24027605503 compare to Columbia overall?

Tract 24027605503 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Columbia at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbia

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