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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,782 of 84,120 nationally

Towson Place Eviction Risk: Elevated

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

Census tract 24005490605 belongs to the Towson Place area of Towson, Maryland. It is home to 5,069 residents and scores $1/10, a high reading for landlords. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $1,396 a month. About 100% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7
Elevated
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.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Towson Place
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 19 tracts In Towson
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 219 tracts In Baltimore County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#100 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
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 7

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.
Towson Place risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 490605Towson: 6.26.2Towsonparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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 Towson Place

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Towson eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 Black and ranks around the 49th 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord underwriting a deal here, treat timelines and legal costs as the real risk: Towson eviction risk sits in territory where contested cases drag and tenant defenses are well organized, so airtight notices and screening matter more than usual.

Frequently asked

About tract 24005490605

Q1

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

Census tract 24005490605 in the Towson Place neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 24005490605?

Median gross rent is $1,396/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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).
Q6

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.
Q7

How does tract 24005490605 compare to Towson overall?

Tract 24005490605 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Towson at 6.2/10. 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 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.

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