Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Preston Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 24011955500 · Caroline County, MD · pop 3,622 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Preston
Census tract 24011955500 sits in Preston, Maryland eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. On the national scale it ranks #8,042 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,308 monthly, set against $78,347 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,452
Renter share20.9%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$78,347
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Preston and the region
Centroid at 38.7407, -75.9327 · click any tract to drill in
Why Preston scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Preston
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,308 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Preston
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Preston
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Preston
6.2
How Preston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Preston
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Preston, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Caroline County average of 6.5 and in line with the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 24011955500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24011955500?
Census tract 24011955500 in Preston scores 2.5/10 (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 24011955500?
Median gross rent is $1,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24011955500?
6.3% of residents in tract 24011955500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,622.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24011955500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 62th, minority 32th, housing 61th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24011955500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24011955500 compare to Preston overall?
Tract 24011955500 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Preston at 5.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Preston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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