Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Potomac Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 24001001300 · Allegany County, MD · pop 5,061 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Potomac Park
Tract 24001001300 covers Potomac Park in Allegany County in Maryland. Home to 5,061 residents, it scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #29,630 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $862 monthly, set against $56,635 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,007
Renter share29.0%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$56,635
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Potomac Park and the region
Centroid at 39.6282, -78.8084 · click any tract to drill in
Why Potomac Park scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Potomac Park
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$862 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Potomac Park
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Potomac Park
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Potomac Park
6.3
How Potomac Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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.
- 24.0%Housing insecurity
- 15.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.4%Food insecurity
- 24.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.2%Transit barriers
- 14.4%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Potomac Park
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.7/10. 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 Potomac eviction risk Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Allegany County average of 6.3 and below the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 24.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 24001001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24001001300?
Census tract 24001001300 in Potomac Park scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 24001001300?
Median gross rent is $862/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24001001300?
11.6% of residents in tract 24001001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,061.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24001001300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 39th, minority 66th, housing 73th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24001001300 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.0% 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. 15.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24001001300 compare to Potomac Park overall?
Tract 24001001300 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Potomac Park at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Potomac eviction risk Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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