Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Murray Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Scaggsville
Tract 24027606808 · Howard County, MD · pop 6,836 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 24027606808 covers the Murray Hill area of Scaggsville in Maryland. Home to 6,836 residents, it scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,544 monthly, set against $182,248 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,988
Renter share15.8%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$182,248
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scaggsville and the region
Centroid at 39.1452, -76.8757 · click any tract to drill in
Why Murray Hill scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Scaggsville
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,544 rent vs county FMR
7.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Scaggsville
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Scaggsville
2.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Scaggsville
2.2
How Murray Hill 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.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 18.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Murray Hill
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 7.9/10. 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 Scaggsville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Howard 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.9% 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 24027606808
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24027606808?
Census tract 24027606808 in the Murray Hill neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 24027606808?
Median gross rent is $2,544/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24027606808?
4.0% of residents in tract 24027606808 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,836.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24027606808?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 45th, minority 73th, housing 8th.
Q5
Is tract 24027606808 considered part of Murray Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24027606808 fall within Murray Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24027606808 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24027606808 compare to Scaggsville overall?
Tract 24027606808 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Scaggsville at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scaggsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Scaggsville
Top eight tracts in Scaggsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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