Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Halfway Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 24043001002 · Washington County, MD · pop 3,626
In Halfway, census tract 24043001002 scores 6.7/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #8,080 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,186 a month while the average household earns $77,043 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,506
Renter share21.2%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$77,043
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Halfway and the region
Centroid at 39.6149, -77.7677 · click any tract to drill in
Why Halfway scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Halfway
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,186 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Halfway
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Halfway
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Halfway
6.3
How Halfway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Halfway
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Halfway, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Washington County average of 6.4 and in line with the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 24043001002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24043001002?
Census tract 24043001002 in Halfway scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 24043001002?
Median gross rent is $1,186/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24043001002?
10.1% of residents in tract 24043001002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,626.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24043001002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 79th, minority 18th, housing 14th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24043001002 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24043001002 compare to Halfway overall?
Tract 24043001002 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Halfway at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Halfway; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Halfway
Top eight tracts in Halfway ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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