1 census tracts · pop 4,518 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.6/10
· range 3.6–3.6
Essington maps to a single census tract in Bowie, MD, population 4,518. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.6/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Bowie baseline of 29.6%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.5/10. Court records for this tract carry 516 eviction filings.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 51.0% of renter households. Among the 9 mapped neighborhoods of Bowie, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
Judgments average 0.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 27% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Average gross rent runs $2,235, close to the Bowie average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $114,432.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Essington vs BowieHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority83%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport76%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Essington
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
516Total filings (sum)
25.01%Avg annual filing rate
51.0%Peak year (2016)
51.04%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Essington
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
16.8%Housing insecurity
10.4%Utility shutoff threat
18.2%Food insecurity
13.2%SNAP enrollment
8.8%No health insurance
25.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Essington
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Essington?
Essington scores 3.6/10 (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 Essington compare to Bowie overall?
Essington scores 0.8 points lower than Bowie overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $2,235 vs $2,330.
Q3
What is the average rent in Essington?
Average gross rent in Essington is $2,235/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Essington residents are renters?
27% of Essington households are renter-occupied (vs 16% in Bowie). The neighborhood has 4,518 residents.
Q5
Is Essington a high social-vulnerability area?
Essington sits in the 59th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Essington for landlords?
Essington carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.6/10). 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 Essington?
Essington has 4,375 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (63.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (23.2%), Hispanic / Latino (9.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
