Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Ellerslie Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 24001001502 · Allegany County, MD · pop 2,116 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Ellerslie
Ellerslie anchors census tract 24001001502, which lands at 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 83% of US census tracts.
26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $892 a month while the average household earns $52,045 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units842
Renter share24.5%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$52,045
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ellerslie and the region
Centroid at 39.7082, -78.8033 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ellerslie scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ellerslie
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$892 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ellerslie
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ellerslie
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ellerslie
8.5
How Ellerslie compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.1%Food insecurity
- 16.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 38.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ellerslie
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Ellerslie, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Allegany County average of 6.3 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 41st 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 12.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% 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 24001001502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24001001502?
Census tract 24001001502 in Ellerslie scores 6.3/10 (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 24001001502?
Median gross rent is $892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24001001502?
21.5% of residents in tract 24001001502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,116.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24001001502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 65th, minority 4th, housing 32th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24001001502 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24001001502 compare to Ellerslie overall?
Tract 24001001502 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Ellerslie at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ellerslie; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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