1 census tracts · pop 7,063 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Collington is a one-tract neighborhood of Bowie, MD, population 7,063. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1/10.
Cost burden runs 24% against 29.6% citywide, putting Collington 5.4% under its own city. Court records for this tract carry 12 eviction filings.
Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 3.6% of renter households. At $2,528 a month, rents sit 8% over what the rest of Bowie commands.
The most recent observed rate, 1.7% in 2016, is well off that peak. Among the 9 mapped neighborhoods of Bowie, it ranks #4 by risk, the middle third.
Only 6% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Overbrook and Hillmeade Manor score within a fraction of it.
Rent takes 20% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Collington vs BowieHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority77%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport18%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Collington
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
12Total filings (sum)
2.36%Avg annual filing rate
3.6%Peak year (2012)
1.67%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Collington
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.2%Housing insecurity
7.8%Utility shutoff threat
13.2%Food insecurity
8.6%SNAP enrollment
7.3%No health insurance
22.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Collington
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Collington?
Collington scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Collington compare to Bowie overall?
Collington scores 1.4 points lower than Bowie overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 24% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $2,528 vs $2,330.
Q3
What is the average rent in Collington?
Average gross rent in Collington is $2,528/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Collington residents are renters?
6% of Collington households are renter-occupied (vs 16% in Bowie). The neighborhood has 7,063 residents.
Q5
Is Collington a high social-vulnerability area?
Collington sits in the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Collington for landlords?
Collington carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Bowie as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Collington?
Collington has 7,290 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (51.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (33.4%), Other / Multiracial (7.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
