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

Harbor View Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dundalk

Tract 24005420500 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 3,839 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

The Harbor View neighborhood of Dundalk is where census tract 24005420500 sits, home to 3,839 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 31% of renter households, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,783 monthly, set against $82,679 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 28% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units1,418

Renter share40.6%

SVI overall0.47

Poverty rate13.6%

Median income$82,679

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dundalk and the region

Centroid at 39.2862, -76.5231 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harbor View 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

13.6% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,783 rent vs county FMR

4.1

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 Harbor View compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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

53%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
30%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
46%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
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
21.0%Food insecurity
15.4%SNAP enrollment
10.1%Transit barriers
15.5%No health insurance
18.5%Frequent mental distress
30.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harbor View

The score leans hardest on 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 White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 47th 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 17.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% 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 24005420500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005420500?

Census tract 24005420500 in the Harbor View 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 24005420500?

Median gross rent is $1,783/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005420500?

13.6% of residents in tract 24005420500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,839.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005420500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 59th, minority 48th, housing 30th.

Is tract 24005420500 considered part of Harbor View?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005420500 fall within Harbor View (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24005420500 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24005420500 compare to Dundalk overall?

Tract 24005420500 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.

Was tract 24005420500 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dundalk

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