3 census tracts · pop 14,069 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.9/10
· range 7.8–8
Avenel spans 3 census tracts of Adelphi, MD and houses 14,069 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.9/10, in the Elevated tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Against a Adelphi baseline of 33.8%, 47% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 30.5% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. The severe-burden share is 21%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. On the high side is housing-court posture at 7.7/10.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.3/10. SNAP participation is 27.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 6,746 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts.
The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 124.0% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,687, 6% below the Adelphi average of $1,804. Judgments average 1.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
With little internal variation, 7.9/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Avenel vs AdelphiHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority95%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport83%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Avenel
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
6,746Total filings (sum)
55.95%Avg annual filing rate
124.0%Peak year (2016)
71.89%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Avenel
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
30.9%Housing insecurity
17.4%Utility shutoff threat
37.9%Food insecurity
27.4%SNAP enrollment
29.2%No health insurance
34.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Avenel
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Avenel?
Avenel scores 7.9/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Avenel compare to Adelphi overall?
Avenel scores 1.3 points higher than Adelphi overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,687 vs $1,804.
Q3
What is the average rent in Avenel?
Average gross rent in Avenel is $1,687/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Avenel residents are renters?
67% of Avenel households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Adelphi). The neighborhood has 14,069 residents.
Q5
Is Avenel a high social-vulnerability area?
Avenel sits in the 92nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Avenel have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Avenel is census tract 24033805906 (score 8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.8 to 8, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Avenel for landlords?
Avenel carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.9/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Adelphi as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Avenel?
Avenel has 14,338 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (60.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (30.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (4.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
