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Neighborhood · Marlow Heights, MD

Deer Park Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 5,458 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10 · range 4.8–7.3

Deer Park Heights spans 2 census tracts of Marlow Heights, MD and houses 5,458 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.8/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs around two-thirds against 41.8% citywide, putting Deer Park Heights 27.8% over its own city.

The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. Severe burden reaches 33%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Scores across the 2 constituent tracts range from 4.8 to 7.3. A 2.5-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.4/10. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.9/10.

17.2% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Food insecurity affects 30.9% of adults, 13.1 points above the national rate.

The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Court records carry 8,213 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

At $1,400 a month, rents sit 16% under what the rest of Marlow Heights commands. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 318.1% of renter households. Judgments average 3.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

Social vulnerability runs high at 7.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.8 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
5.8
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Deer Park Heights vs Marlow Heights How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
69.6% +67%
Marlow Heights: 41.8%
Average gross rent
$1,400 -16%
Marlow Heights: $1,657
Average HH income
$57,219 -2%
Marlow Heights: $58,268
Poverty rate
18.4% -24%
Marlow Heights: 24.3%
Renter share
61.1% +3%
Marlow Heights: 59.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Deer Park Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 4.8–7.3

Why Deer Park Heights scores 5.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 9.1–9.1 across tracts
9.1
Rent control risk
70% of income on rent · Range 7.0–9.3 across tracts
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.3–5.9 across tracts
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
61% renter households · Range 9.4–9.9 across tracts
9.7
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.6–8.9 across tracts
7.5
Economic stress
18.4% below poverty line · Range 4.1–5.3 across tracts
4.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–2.1 across tracts
1.4
Risk score comparison

Deer Park Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Deer Park Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.8Deer Park HeightsNeighborhood5.9Parent cityhost city5.5Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Deer Park Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
24033801801 7.3 2,119 81% $1,642
24033801907 4.8 3,339 62% $1,247
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 75

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 70%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 54%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 96%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 67%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Deer Park Heights

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 8,213Total filings (sum)
  • 144.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 318.1%Peak year (2016)
  • 159.91%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Deer Park Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Deer Park Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Deer Park Heights?

Deer Park Heights scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 Deer Park Heights compare to Marlow Heights overall?

Deer Park Heights scores 0.1 points lower than Marlow Heights overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 70% of income on rent vs 42% citywide. Average rent: $1,400 vs $1,657.
Q3

What is the average rent in Deer Park Heights?

Average gross rent in Deer Park Heights is $1,400/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Deer Park Heights residents are renters?

61% of Deer Park Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Marlow Heights). The neighborhood has 5,458 residents.
Q5

Is Deer Park Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Deer Park Heights sits in the 75th 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 Deer Park Heights have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Deer Park Heights is census tract 24033801801 (score 7.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.8 to 7.3, a spread of 2.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Deer Park Heights for landlords?

Deer Park Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). 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 Marlow Heights as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Deer Park Heights?

Deer Park Heights has 5,286 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (91.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (3.3%), Hispanic / Latino (3.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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