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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Fullerton Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Overlea

Tract 24005440200 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 2,437 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 24005440200 covers part of the Fullerton Heights area of Overlea, MD, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,437 residents. The severe-burden share is 53%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 13% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,055
Renter share28.9%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$88,325

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fullerton Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Overlea
Very High
Within county
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#161 of 219 tracts In Baltimore County
Low
Within state
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#893 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Overlea and the region

Centroid at 39.3686, -76.5234 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fullerton Heights scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Overlea
8.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,672 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Overlea
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Overlea
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Overlea
4.9

How Fullerton Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fullerton Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 4402004.6Overleaparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fullerton Heights

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.9/10.

Cost burden runs 55% here against 46.8% across Baltimore County. It sits 0.8 points below the Baltimore County average of 5.7.

Average gross rent is $1,672, 14% above the Overlea average. On the softer side, economic stress reads 3/10.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $88,325.

29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 24005440200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005440200?

Census tract 24005440200 in the Fullerton Heights 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 24005440200?

Median gross rent is $1,672/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005440200?

11.8% of residents in tract 24005440200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,437.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005440200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 90th, minority 56th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 24005440200 considered part of Fullerton Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005440200 fall within Fullerton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24005440200 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.5% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24005440200 compare to Overlea overall?

Tract 24005440200 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Overlea at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Overlea; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 24005440200 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 Overlea

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

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