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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,910 of 84,120 nationally

Hillcrest Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brooklyn Park

Tract 24003750102 · Anne Arundel County, MD · pop 2,423 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

In the Hillcrest area of Brooklyn Park, census tract 24003750102 scores 6.2/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 81st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,728 a month against an average household income of $82,368 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 13% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units966
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$82,368

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 1 tracts In Hillcrest
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileBottomTop
#3 of 4 tracts In Brooklyn Park
Low
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileBottomTop
#80 of 129 tracts In Anne Arundel County
Low
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileBottomTop
#902 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brooklyn Park and the region

Centroid at 39.2313, -76.6189 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hillcrest scores 7.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brooklyn Park
8.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,728 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brooklyn Park
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brooklyn Park
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brooklyn Park
4.9

How Hillcrest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hillcrest risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.47.4This tracttract 750102Brooklyn Park: 7.67.6Brooklyn Parkparent cityCounty: 7.67.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.77.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hillcrest

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 5.8/10. 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 Brooklyn Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Anne Arundel County average of 6.4 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 Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 34th 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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 24003750102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24003750102?

Census tract 24003750102 in the Hillcrest neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 24003750102?

Median gross rent is $1,728/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24003750102?

8.9% of residents in tract 24003750102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,423.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24003750102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 11th, minority 66th, housing 9th.

Q5

Is tract 24003750102 considered part of Hillcrest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24003750102 fall within Hillcrest (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

Q6

What share of households in tract 24003750102 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.5% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q7

How does tract 24003750102 compare to Brooklyn Park overall?

Tract 24003750102 scores 7.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Brooklyn Park at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brooklyn Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q8

Was tract 24003750102 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brooklyn Park

Top eight tracts in Brooklyn Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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