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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Rodgers Forge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Towson

Tract 24005490601 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 2,280 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 24005490601 in the Rodgers Forge area of Towson, MD reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 6% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units841
Renter share9.4%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$174,107

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Rodgers Forge
Very Low
Within parent city
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 19 tracts In Towson
Very Low
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#134 of 219 tracts In Baltimore County
Low
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#766 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Towson and the region

Centroid at 39.3751, -76.6142 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rodgers Forge scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Towson
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,188 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Towson
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Towson
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Towson
6.6

How Rodgers Forge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rodgers Forge risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 4906016.6Towsonparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Rodgers Forge. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rodgers Forge

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.2/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Cost burden runs 38% here against 46.8% across Baltimore County.

Disability prevalence runs 17.3% against 31.5% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,188, 24% above the Towson average.

SNAP participation runs 3.8% against 15.2% nationally. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 9% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.1/10.

Against average income of $174,107, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 24005490601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005490601?

Census tract 24005490601 in the Rodgers Forge neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 24005490601?

Median gross rent is $2,188/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005490601?

4.6% of residents in tract 24005490601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,280.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005490601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 29th, minority 12th, housing 3th.
Q5

Is tract 24005490601 considered part of Rodgers Forge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005490601 fall within Rodgers Forge (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24005490601 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.3% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24005490601 compare to Towson overall?

Tract 24005490601 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Towson at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Towson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 24005490601 historically redlined?

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