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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Palmer Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Glenarden

Tract 24033803403 · Prince George's County, MD · pop 5,618 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

24033803403 is a census tract in the Palmer Park area of Landover, MD. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,618. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 23% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,273
Renter share50.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate23.6%
Median income$55,655

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Palmer Park
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Glenarden
Very High
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 214 tracts In Prince George's County
Elevated
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#622 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Glenarden and the region

Centroid at 38.9177, -76.8719 · click any tract to drill in

Why Palmer Park scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Glenarden
9.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
9.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
23.6% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,568 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Glenarden
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Glenarden
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Glenarden
8.0

How Palmer Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Palmer Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 8034034.0Glenardenparent city4.9Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Palmer Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Palmer Park

30% 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, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.1/10. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $55,655, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Prince George's County average of 45.6%. Housing insecurity runs 29.3% against 14.2% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 29.5% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Prince George's County average of 4.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Average gross rent is $1,568, 10% below the Landover average. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 24033803403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24033803403?

Census tract 24033803403 in the Palmer Park neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 24033803403?

Median gross rent is $1,568/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24033803403?

23.6% of residents in tract 24033803403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,618.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24033803403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 90th, minority 94th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 24033803403 considered part of Palmer Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24033803403 fall within Palmer Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24033803403 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.3% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24033803403 compare to Glenarden overall?

Tract 24033803403 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Glenarden at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Glenarden; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Glenarden

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

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