Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #4,396 of 84,120 nationally
Federalsburg Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 24011955600 · Caroline County, MD · pop 4,428 · 39% of tract blocks fall in Federalsburg
Tract 24011955600, home to 4,428 residents in Federalsburg in Caroline County, scores 7.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #1,592 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $983 a month against an average household income of $39,485 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,899
Renter share48.1%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate26.7%
Median income$39,485
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Federalsburg and the region
Centroid at 38.7069, -75.7662 · click any tract to drill in
Why Federalsburg scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Federalsburg
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
26.7% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$983 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Federalsburg
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Federalsburg
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Federalsburg
8.8
How Federalsburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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.
- 21.8%Housing insecurity
- 16.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.3%Food insecurity
- 29.9%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Federalsburg
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Federalsburg, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Caroline County average of 6.5 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 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.0% 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 24011955600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24011955600?
Census tract 24011955600 in Federalsburg scores 7.1/10 (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 24011955600?
Median gross rent is $983/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24011955600?
26.7% of residents in tract 24011955600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,428.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24011955600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 96th, minority 60th, housing 75th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24011955600 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.8% 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. 16.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24011955600 compare to Federalsburg overall?
Tract 24011955600 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Federalsburg at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Federalsburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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