3 census tracts · pop 13,322 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.7/10
· range 5.4–7.3
Franklin Park is a 3-tract neighborhood of Greenbelt, MD, population 13,322. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.7/10, Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 45% against 32.5% citywide, putting Franklin Park 12.4% over its own city.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Severe burden reaches 27%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
This is a renter market: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.4 to 7.3, a 1.9-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 24.8% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. On the high side is housing-court posture at 7.5/10.
The poverty rate is 19%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Filings are well documented here: 19,176 across 3 observed tracts. Food insecurity affects 29.4% of adults, 11.6 points above the national rate.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.4/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 244.6% of renter households. Judgments average 3.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.7 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Franklin Park vs GreenbeltHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport67%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Franklin Park
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
19,176Total filings (sum)
144.02%Avg annual filing rate
244.6%Peak year (2016)
147.01%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Franklin Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
25.0%Housing insecurity
15.5%Utility shutoff threat
29.9%Food insecurity
22.9%SNAP enrollment
16.5%No health insurance
28.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Franklin Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Franklin Park?
Franklin Park scores 6.7/10 (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 Franklin Park compare to Greenbelt overall?
Franklin Park scores 0.8 points higher than Greenbelt overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,793 vs $1,848.
Q3
What is the average rent in Franklin Park?
Average gross rent in Franklin Park is $1,793/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Franklin Park residents are renters?
68% of Franklin Park households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Greenbelt). The neighborhood has 13,322 residents.
Q5
Is Franklin Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Franklin Park sits in the 82nd 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 Franklin Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Franklin Park is census tract 24033806714 (score 7.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 7.3, a spread of 1.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Franklin Park for landlords?
Franklin Park carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.7/10). 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 Greenbelt as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Franklin Park?
Franklin Park has 13,843 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (45.3%), Hispanic / Latino (27.7%), Other / Multiracial (9.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
