2 census tracts · pop 7,266 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.6/10
· range 6.5–6.7
Oak Crest is a 2-tract neighborhood of Laurel, MD and houses 7,266 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.6/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 41% against 27.3% citywide, putting Oak Crest 13.8% over its own city.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. 13% 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.
Court records carry 4,019 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.9/10.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 76.6% of renter households. Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Laurel, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
Judgments average 1.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Steward Manor and Stonewood. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.2 points apart at the extremes.
Average gross rent runs $1,934, close to the Laurel average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $85,912.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Oak Crest vs LaurelHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority88%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport38%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Oak Crest
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
4,019Total filings (sum)
57.31%Avg annual filing rate
76.6%Peak year (2016)
71.06%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Oak Crest
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
19.4%Housing insecurity
12.2%Utility shutoff threat
21.0%Food insecurity
15.5%SNAP enrollment
10.6%No health insurance
23.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Oak Crest
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Oak Crest?
Oak Crest scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 Oak Crest compare to Laurel overall?
Oak Crest scores 0.5 points higher than Laurel overall (6.1/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,934 vs $1,873.
Q3
What is the average rent in Oak Crest?
Average gross rent in Oak Crest is $1,934/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Oak Crest residents are renters?
53% of Oak Crest households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Laurel). The neighborhood has 7,266 residents.
Q5
Is Oak Crest a high social-vulnerability area?
Oak Crest sits in the 46th 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 Oak Crest have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Oak Crest is census tract 24033800108 (score 6.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.5 to 6.7, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Oak Crest for landlords?
Oak Crest carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.6/10). 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 Laurel as a whole (6.1/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Oak Crest?
Oak Crest has 7,440 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (57.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (13.8%), Hispanic / Latino (13.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
