2 census tracts · pop 7,568 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3.1–3.4
Yorktown takes in 2 census tracts of Bowie, MD and houses 7,568 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.3/10, Lower tier. Cost burden runs 17% against 29.6% citywide, putting Yorktown 12.3% under its own city.
At $1,562 a month, rents sit 33% under what the rest of Bowie commands. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.5/10.
12% 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. Filings are well documented here: 14 across 2 observed tracts.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 4.6% of renter households. Among the 9 mapped neighborhoods of Bowie, it ranks #3 by risk, the upper third.
Judgments average 1.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 8% 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. Rent takes 15% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.3 points apart at the extremes.
With little internal variation, 3.3/10 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
3.3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Yorktown vs BowieHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority70%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport24%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Yorktown
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
14Total filings (sum)
2.13%Avg annual filing rate
4.6%Peak year (2016)
2.72%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Yorktown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.8%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility shutoff threat
12.6%Food insecurity
8.1%SNAP enrollment
8.2%No health insurance
24.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Yorktown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Yorktown?
Yorktown scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Yorktown compare to Bowie overall?
Yorktown scores 1.1 points lower than Bowie overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 17% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,562 vs $2,330.
Q3
What is the average rent in Yorktown?
Average gross rent in Yorktown is $1,562/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Yorktown residents are renters?
8% of Yorktown households are renter-occupied (vs 16% in Bowie). The neighborhood has 7,568 residents.
Q5
Is Yorktown a high social-vulnerability area?
Yorktown sits in the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Yorktown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Yorktown is census tract 24033800402 (score 3.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 3.4, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Yorktown for landlords?
Yorktown carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Yorktown?
Yorktown has 7,448 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (43%), Black (non-Hispanic) (39%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
