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Westowne Eviction Risk: Elevated , Catonsville

Tract 24005400702 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 2,095 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 6.4/10, tract 24005400702 in the Westowne area of Catonsville, MD reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 45% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 9% Owners 78%

Tract context

Occupied units685

Renter share22.0%

SVI overall0.48

Poverty rate17.0%

Median income$101,080

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Catonsville and the region

Centroid at 39.2880, -76.7166 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westowne scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Catonsville

8.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.4

State political climate

Maryland legislature & governorship

5.7

Economic stress

17.0% poverty · this tract

4.3

Supply constraint

$2,005 rent vs county FMR

5.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Catonsville

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Catonsville

6.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Catonsville

5.9

How Westowne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

34%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
67%Racial/ethnic minority
34%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
60%Grade B
0%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westowne. 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.

17.5%Housing insecurity
11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
20.8%Food insecurity
17.6%SNAP enrollment
10.5%Transit barriers
9.7%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
28.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westowne

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 10/10. Cost burden runs 59% here against 46.8% across Baltimore County. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.9/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Average gross rent is $2,005, 16% above the Catonsville average. It sits 0.7 points above the Baltimore County average of 5.7.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 81st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 5.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 24005400702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005400702?

Census tract 24005400702 in the Westowne neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 24005400702?

Median gross rent is $2,005/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005400702?

17.0% of residents in tract 24005400702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,095.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005400702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 79th, minority 67th, housing 34th.

Is tract 24005400702 considered part of Westowne?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005400702 fall within Westowne (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24005400702 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24005400702 compare to Catonsville overall?

Tract 24005400702 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Catonsville at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Catonsville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 24005400702 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Catonsville

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