Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgely Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 24011955201 · Caroline County, MD · pop 4,137 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Ridgely
Tract 24011955201 covers Ridgely in Caroline County in Maryland. Home to 4,137 residents, it scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $947 a month while the average household earns $75,250 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,455
Renter share25.6%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$75,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ridgely and the region
Centroid at 38.9594, -75.8780 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgely scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ridgely
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$947 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ridgely
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ridgely
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ridgely
5.2
How Ridgely compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgely
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Ridgely, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Caroline County average of 6.5 and below the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 68th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 24011955201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24011955201?
Census tract 24011955201 in Ridgely scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 24011955201?
Median gross rent is $947/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24011955201?
5.1% of residents in tract 24011955201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,137.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24011955201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 70th, minority 47th, housing 80th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24011955201 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24011955201 compare to Ridgely overall?
Tract 24011955201 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Ridgely at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ridgely; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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