Kenwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Catonsville

Against Baltimore County at 46.8%, 79% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 10/10. At $2,651 a month, rents run 54% over what the rest of Catonsville commands.

Annualized rent equals 45% of average household income of $71,330, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The voucher gap is 34.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.9/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.2/10.

SNAP participation runs 5.5% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Baltimore. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.