1 census tracts · pop 4,000 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.5/10
· range 6.5–6.5
Mistletoe Springs is a one-tract neighborhood of South Laurel, MD, population 4,000. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.5/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 55% against 33.7% citywide, putting Mistletoe Springs 21.7% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 33%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. This is a renter market: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 23.8% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.5/10. Court records for this tract carry 10,611 eviction filings. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.4/10.
The poverty rate is 16%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Food insecurity affects 26.8% of adults, 9.0 points above the national rate.
The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 220.5% of renter households.
One tract means one number: 6.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Mistletoe Springs vs South LaurelHow 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 & transport93%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mistletoe Springs
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
10,611Total filings (sum)
199.26%Avg annual filing rate
220.5%Peak year (2014)
183.07%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Mistletoe Springs
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.8%Housing insecurity
14.0%Utility shutoff threat
26.8%Food insecurity
19.3%SNAP enrollment
17.3%No health insurance
28.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Mistletoe Springs
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mistletoe Springs?
Mistletoe Springs scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 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 Mistletoe Springs compare to South Laurel overall?
Mistletoe Springs scores 1.4 points higher than South Laurel overall (5.1/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,739 vs $1,830.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mistletoe Springs?
Average gross rent in Mistletoe Springs is $1,739/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mistletoe Springs residents are renters?
86% of Mistletoe Springs households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in South Laurel). The neighborhood has 4,000 residents.
Q5
Is Mistletoe Springs a high social-vulnerability area?
Mistletoe Springs sits in the 95th 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
How safe is Mistletoe Springs for landlords?
Mistletoe Springs carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to South Laurel as a whole (5.1/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Mistletoe Springs?
Mistletoe Springs has 4,005 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (57.7%), Hispanic / Latino (29.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (8.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
