Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Arnold Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Suitland
Tract 24033802405 · Prince George's County, MD · pop 3,957 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
24033802405 is a census tract in the Arnold Heights area of Suitland, MD. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,606
Renter share69.2%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$80,592
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Suitland and the region
Centroid at 38.8583, -76.9348 · click any tract to drill in
Why Arnold Heights scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Suitland
9.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
9.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,557 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Suitland
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Suitland
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Suitland
6.8
How Arnold Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
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)
- 9,669Total filings over 4 yrs
- 237.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 259.9%Peak (2011)
- 2,304Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% 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.
- 22.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.0%Food insecurity
- 17.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 10.5%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 27.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Arnold Heights
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.7/10. Cost burden runs 34% here against 45.6% across Prince George's County.
Running hot, local political climate reads 9.1/10. This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Against the Prince George's County average of 4.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Court records carry 9,669 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 22.0% against 14.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 259.9% of renter households. At $1,557 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Suitland commands. In a typical year about 237.5% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 2.0 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 24033802405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24033802405?
Census tract 24033802405 in the Arnold Heights neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 24033802405?
Median gross rent is $1,557/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24033802405?
6.8% of residents in tract 24033802405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,957.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24033802405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 84th, minority 99th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 24033802405 considered part of Arnold Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24033802405 fall within Arnold Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 24033802405?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9,669 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 24033802405 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 237.46% of renter households, peaking at 259.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 24033802405 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.0% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 24033802405 compare to Suitland overall?
Tract 24033802405 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Suitland at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Suitland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Suitland
Top eight tracts in Suitland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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