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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Heather Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Bowie

Tract 24033800505 · Prince George's County, MD · pop 2,454 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 24033800505 sits in the Heather Hills area of Bowie eviction risk, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 3% Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units936
Renter share5.3%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$134,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Heather Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 15 tracts In Bowie
Elevated
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#187 of 214 tracts In Prince George's County
Very Low
Within state
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#1,378 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bowie and the region

Centroid at 38.9581, -76.7307 · click any tract to drill in

Why Heather Hills scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bowie
9.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
9.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,839 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bowie
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bowie
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bowie
4.6

How Heather Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Heather Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 8005054.4Bowieparent city4.9Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 4Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 1.27%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.6%Peak (2011)
  • 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 24033800505
Filings dropped 50% over the past 4 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Heather Hills

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.1/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 9/10.

Against the Prince George's County average of 4.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.9 points. The voucher gap is 22.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. At $2,839 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Bowie commands.

SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 4 eviction filings across 3 observed years.

Against Prince George's County at 45.6%, 50% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 1.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 2.5 points cooler.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 24033800505

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24033800505?

Census tract 24033800505 in the Heather Hills neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 24033800505?

Median gross rent is $2,839/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24033800505?

3.5% of residents in tract 24033800505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,454.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24033800505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 28th, minority 66th, housing 14th.
Q5

Is tract 24033800505 considered part of Heather Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24033800505 fall within Heather Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 24033800505?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 24033800505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.27% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 24033800505 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 24033800505 compare to Bowie overall?

Tract 24033800505 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Bowie at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bowie eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bowie

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

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