Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Towson Place Eviction Risk: High

Tract 24005490605 · Baltimore County, MD · pop 5,069 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

24005490605 is a census tract in the Towson Place area of Towson, MD. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,069. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 53% Stable renters 47% Owners 0%

Tract context

Occupied units191

Renter share100.0%

SVI overall0.49

Poverty rate83.7%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Towson and the region

Centroid at 39.3912, -76.6192 · click any tract to drill in

Why Towson Place scores 8

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

83.7% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,396 rent vs county FMR

2.1

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 Towson Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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

92%Socioeconomic
0%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
58%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
1%Grade B
0%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.

32.2%Housing insecurity
24.4%Utility-shutoff threat
50.6%Food insecurity
49.9%SNAP enrollment
32.3%Transit barriers
14.0%No health insurance
34.9%Frequent mental distress
43.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Towson Place

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10. The poverty rate is 84%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running hot, economic stress reads 10/10. 100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

It sits 2.3 points above the Baltimore County average of 5.7. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Disability prevalence runs 43.7% against 31.5% nationally. At $1,396 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Towson commands.

53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Baltimore County average of 46.8%. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.

That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 24005490605

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24005490605?

Census tract 24005490605 in the Towson Place neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 24005490605?

Median gross rent is $1,396/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24005490605?

83.7% of residents in tract 24005490605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,069.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24005490605?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 0th, minority 62th, housing 58th.

Is tract 24005490605 considered part of Towson Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24005490605 fall within Towson Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24005490605 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.2% 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. 24.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24005490605 compare to Towson overall?

Tract 24005490605 scores 8/10, higher 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.

Was tract 24005490605 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 Towson

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