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Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

Ballard Eviction Risk: Lower , Clinton

Tract 24033801217 · Prince George's County, MD · pop 4,288 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

24033801217 is a census tract in the Ballard area of Clinton, MD. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 57%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 5% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,130
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$145,556

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Ballard
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 9 tracts In Clinton
Moderate
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#150 of 214 tracts In Prince George's County
Low
Within state
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#1,231 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Clinton and the region

Centroid at 38.7652, -76.8904 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ballard scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Clinton
9.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
9.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,707 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clinton
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clinton
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clinton
4.5

How Ballard compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ballard risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 8012174.3Clintonparent city4.9Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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)

  • 38Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 7.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.6%Peak (2016)
  • 19Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 24033801217
Filings climbed 375% 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 Ballard

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 10/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.1/10.

Cost burden runs 57% here against 45.6% across Prince George's County. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 9/10. Against the Prince George's County average of 4.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points.

Court records carry 38 eviction filings across 4 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 18.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10. Against average income of $145,556, annual rent is just 14%.

Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.9 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 24033801217

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24033801217?

Census tract 24033801217 in the Ballard neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 24033801217?

Median gross rent is $1,707/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24033801217?

12.1% of residents in tract 24033801217 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,288.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24033801217?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 72th, minority 91th, housing 36th.
Q5

Is tract 24033801217 considered part of Ballard?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24033801217 fall within Ballard (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 24033801217?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 38 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 24033801217 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.61% of renter households, peaking at 18.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 24033801217 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.2% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 24033801217 compare to Clinton overall?

Tract 24033801217 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Clinton at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clinton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Clinton

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

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