Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Greater Capitol Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 24033802700 · Prince George's County, MD · pop 2,391 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 24033802700 sits in the Greater Capitol Heights area of Capitol Heights, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 10/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units925
Renter share38.2%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$77,138
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Capitol Heights and the region
Centroid at 38.8840, -76.9144 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greater Capitol Heights scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Capitol Heights
9.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
9.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,787 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Capitol Heights
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Capitol Heights
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Capitol Heights
3.7
How Greater Capitol Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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)
- 33Total filings over 4 yrs
- 3.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2014)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Greater Capitol Heights. 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.
- 25.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.6%Food insecurity
- 22.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 15.8%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greater Capitol Heights
Average gross rent is $1,787, 37% above the Capitol Heights average. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.1/10.
23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, regional political climate reads 9/10.
Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 45.6% across Prince George's County. The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 4 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 22.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2014, when 6.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
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 24033802700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24033802700?
Census tract 24033802700 in the Greater Capitol Heights neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 24033802700?
Median gross rent is $1,787/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24033802700?
12.5% of residents in tract 24033802700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,391.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24033802700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 51th, minority 96th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 24033802700 considered part of Greater Capitol Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24033802700 fall within Greater Capitol Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 24033802700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 24033802700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.29% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 24033802700 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.1% 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. 15.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 24033802700 compare to Capitol Heights overall?
Tract 24033802700 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Capitol Heights at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Capitol Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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