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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Delight Eviction Risk: Elevated , Reisterstown

Tract 24005404502 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 3,756 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 24005404502 covers part of the Delight area of Reisterstown, MD, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 7% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,534
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate25.4%
Median income$60,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Delight
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Reisterstown
Very High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 219 tracts In Baltimore County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#126 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Reisterstown and the region

Centroid at 39.4468, -76.8050 · click any tract to drill in

Why Delight scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Reisterstown
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
25.4% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,571 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Reisterstown
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Reisterstown
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Reisterstown
6.8

How Delight compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Delight risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.8This tracttract 4045026.4Reisterstownparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

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 Delight

Cost burden runs roughly three in four here against 46.8% across Baltimore County. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10. Against the Baltimore County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.

Food insecurity runs 28.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 25.6% against 15.2% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,571, close to the Reisterstown average.

Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $60,000.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 24005404502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005404502?

Census tract 24005404502 in the Delight neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 24005404502?

Median gross rent is $1,571/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005404502?

25.4% of residents in tract 24005404502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,756.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005404502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 85th, minority 69th, housing 54th.
Q5

Is tract 24005404502 considered part of Delight?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005404502 fall within Delight (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24005404502 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.7% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24005404502 compare to Reisterstown overall?

Tract 24005404502 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Reisterstown at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Reisterstown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Reisterstown

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

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