Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Westernport Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 24001002200 · Allegany County, MD · pop 3,805 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Westernport
Tract 24001002200 sits in Westernport, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Population here is 3,805. At $471 a month, rents run 43% under what the rest of Westernport commands.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,468
Renter share18.5%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate22.2%
Median income$55,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westernport and the region
Centroid at 39.4981, -78.9858 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westernport scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westernport
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
22.2% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$471 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westernport
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westernport
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westernport
6.0
How Westernport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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.
- 13.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 17.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westernport
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Cost burden runs 26% here against 38.9% across Allegany County.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
It sits 0.8 points below the Allegany County average of 5.5. On the softer side, local political climate reads 3/10.
On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $55,000, annual rent is just 10%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 24001002200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24001002200?
Census tract 24001002200 in Westernport scores 4.7/10 (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 24001002200?
Median gross rent is $471/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24001002200?
22.2% of residents in tract 24001002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,805.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24001002200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 48th, minority 2th, housing 83th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24001002200 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24001002200 compare to Westernport overall?
Tract 24001002200 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Westernport at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westernport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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