Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Inverness Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dundalk

Tract 24005420402 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 1,931 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

How risky is the Inverness neighborhood of Dundalk for landlords? Census tract 24005420402 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 95% of US census tracts.

39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,427 a month while the average household earns $64,327 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 16% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units753

Renter share27.1%

SVI overall0.45

Poverty rate10.1%

Median income$64,327

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dundalk and the region

Centroid at 39.2587, -76.4840 · click any tract to drill in

Why Inverness scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Dundalk

8.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.4

State political climate

Maryland legislature & governorship

5.7

Economic stress

10.1% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,427 rent vs county FMR

2.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Dundalk

8.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Dundalk

7.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Dundalk

8.1

How Inverness compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

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

68%Socioeconomic
53%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
12%Housing & transportation

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.

15.4%Housing insecurity
9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
19.2%Food insecurity
16.3%SNAP enrollment
9.8%Transit barriers
10.4%No health insurance
19.3%Frequent mental distress
31.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Inverness

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.4/10. 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 Dundalk eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Baltimore County average of 6.7 and above the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 24005420402

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005420402?

Census tract 24005420402 in the Inverness neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 24005420402?

Median gross rent is $1,427/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005420402?

10.1% of residents in tract 24005420402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,931.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005420402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 53th, minority 54th, housing 12th.

Is tract 24005420402 considered part of Inverness?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005420402 fall within Inverness (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24005420402 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.4% 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.

How does tract 24005420402 compare to Dundalk overall?

Tract 24005420402 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Dundalk at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dundalk eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dundalk

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