Chestnut Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ellicott City

The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.3/10.

Disability prevalence runs 18.4% against 31.5% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 49% of renters.

It tracks the Howard County average of 5.3 closely. Average gross rent is $1,938, close to the Ellicott City average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $87,363.

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.