Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Harris Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Ferndale
Tract 24003750803 · Anne Arundel County, MD · pop 6,253 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
24003750803 is a census tract in the Harris Heights area of Ferndale, MD. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,253 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.9/10.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units3,010
Renter share64.5%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$86,964
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ferndale and the region
Centroid at 39.1973, -76.6244 · click any tract to drill in
Why Harris Heights scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ferndale
8.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,665 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ferndale
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ferndale
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ferndale
3.5
How Harris Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 7%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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.
- 17.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.7%Food insecurity
- 16.4%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Harris Heights
25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.9/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Against the Anne Arundel County average of 5.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Against Anne Arundel County at 44.5%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Average gross rent is $1,665, 18% below the Ferndale average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $86,964. 64% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 24003750803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24003750803?
Census tract 24003750803 in the Harris Heights neighborhood 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 24003750803?
Median gross rent is $1,665/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24003750803?
8.4% of residents in tract 24003750803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,253.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24003750803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 78th, minority 69th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 24003750803 considered part of Harris Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24003750803 fall within Harris Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24003750803 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.5% 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. 10.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24003750803 compare to Ferndale overall?
Tract 24003750803 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Ferndale at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ferndale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 24003750803 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.
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