2 census tracts · pop 10,142 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.2/10
· range 8.1–8.3
Carole Highlands is a 2-tract neighborhood of Langley Park, MD, population 10,142. The Eviction Risk Score is 8.2/10, in the High tier. roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Langley Park rate of 31.4%.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10. 40.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Food insecurity affects 45.3% of adults, 27.5 points above the national rate.
This is a renter market: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 25% 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 poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.7/10. Court records carry 6,433 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.5/10. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 113.7% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 90.4% in 2016 against a 113.7% peak. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Its 2 tracts score within 0.2 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Average gross rent runs $1,732, close to the Langley Park average.
With little internal variation, 8.2/10 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
8.2
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Carole Highlands vs Langley ParkHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport93%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Carole Highlands
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
6,433Total filings (sum)
89.95%Avg annual filing rate
113.7%Peak year (2014)
92.06%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Carole Highlands
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
36.8%Housing insecurity
19.5%Utility shutoff threat
47.0%Food insecurity
33.4%SNAP enrollment
42.6%No health insurance
38.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Carole Highlands
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Carole Highlands?
Carole Highlands scores 8.2/10 (High 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 Carole Highlands compare to Langley Park overall?
Carole Highlands scores 1.3 points higher than Langley Park overall (6.9/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,732 vs $1,707.
Q3
What is the average rent in Carole Highlands?
Average gross rent in Carole Highlands is $1,732/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Carole Highlands residents are renters?
81% of Carole Highlands households are renter-occupied (vs 76% in Langley Park). The neighborhood has 10,142 residents.
Q5
Is Carole Highlands a high social-vulnerability area?
Carole Highlands sits in the 96th 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 Carole Highlands have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Carole Highlands is census tract 24033805602 (score 8.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.1 to 8.3, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Carole Highlands for landlords?
Carole Highlands carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.2/10). 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 Langley Park as a whole (6.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Carole Highlands?
Carole Highlands has 10,434 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (87.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9%), White (non-Hispanic) (2.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
