Census Tract · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally

Westminster Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 24013507704 · Carroll County, MD · pop 6,364 · 76% of tract blocks fall in Westminster

Census tract 24013507704 covers part of Westminster, MD, and scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,364. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 12% Owners 82%

Tract context

Occupied units2,325

Renter share17.9%

SVI overall0.08

Poverty rate7.8%

Median income$108,245

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Westminster and the region

Centroid at 39.5871, -77.0312 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westminster scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Westminster

4.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.8

State political climate

Maryland legislature & governorship

5.7

Economic stress

7.8% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$1,743 rent vs county FMR

3.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Westminster

7.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Westminster

8.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Westminster

6.7

How Westminster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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

16%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
28%Racial/ethnic minority
10%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.

9.2%Housing insecurity
5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
9.5%Food insecurity
7.1%SNAP enrollment
5.6%Transit barriers
6.5%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
23.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westminster

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. It sits 1.8 points above the Carroll County average of 4.6.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.9/10. 33% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Carroll County average of 40.1%. Average gross rent is $1,743, 18% above the Westminster average.

Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 81st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 24013507704

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24013507704?

Census tract 24013507704 in Westminster scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 24013507704?

Median gross rent is $1,743/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24013507704?

7.8% of residents in tract 24013507704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,364.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24013507704?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 17th, minority 28th, housing 10th.

What share of households in tract 24013507704 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.2% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24013507704 compare to Westminster overall?

Tract 24013507704 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Westminster at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westminster; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Westminster

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