Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
West Lanham Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , New Carrollton
Tract 24033803612 · Prince George's County, MD · pop 3,449 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 24033803612 sits in the West Lanham Hills area of New Carrollton, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. It is home to 3,449 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,524
Renter share77.8%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$69,387
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Carrollton and the region
Centroid at 38.9507, -76.8757 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Lanham Hills scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Carrollton
9.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
9.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,821 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Carrollton
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Carrollton
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Carrollton
5.4
How West Lanham Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 5,385Total filings over 4 yrs
- 165.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 176.9%Peak (2016)
- 1,592Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 35% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Lanham Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 24.4%Housing insecurity
- 15.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.5%Food insecurity
- 21.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.0%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Lanham Hills
It sits 2.3 points above the Prince George's County average of 4.9. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.1/10.
This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, regional political climate reads 9/10.
Cost burden runs 56% here against 45.6% across Prince George's County. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Food insecurity runs 27.5% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 5,385 evictions over 4 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 176.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 165.6% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 24033803612
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24033803612?
Census tract 24033803612 in the West Lanham Hills neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 24033803612?
Median gross rent is $1,821/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24033803612?
15.5% of residents in tract 24033803612 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,449.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24033803612?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 51th, minority 94th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 24033803612 considered part of West Lanham Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24033803612 fall within West Lanham Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 24033803612?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5,385 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 24033803612 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 165.64% of renter households, peaking at 176.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 24033803612 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.4% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 24033803612 compare to New Carrollton overall?
Tract 24033803612 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of New Carrollton at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Carrollton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in New Carrollton
Top eight tracts in New Carrollton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Methodology
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