Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Kettering Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 24033803527 · Prince George's County, MD · pop 3,601
Census tract 24033803527 covers Kettering in Prince George's County, home to 3,601 residents. For landlords it grades 6.8/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 77% of renter households, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,726 a month while the average household earns $115,901 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,295
Renter share14.8%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$115,901
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kettering and the region
Centroid at 38.8973, -76.8190 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kettering scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kettering
9.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
9.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$2,726 rent vs county FMR
6.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kettering
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kettering
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kettering
3.6
How Kettering compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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)
- 15Total filings over 4 yrs
- 3.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2014)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 60% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 18.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.8%Food insecurity
- 14.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kettering
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Kettering, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Prince George's County average of 6.9 and in line with the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 15 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 3.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.6% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 24033803527
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24033803527?
Census tract 24033803527 in Kettering scores 1.9/10 (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 24033803527?
Median gross rent is $2,726/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24033803527?
9.3% of residents in tract 24033803527 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,601.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24033803527?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 74th, minority 97th, housing 25th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 24033803527?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 24033803527 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.55% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 24033803527 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.9% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24033803527 compare to Kettering overall?
Tract 24033803527 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Kettering at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kettering; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kettering
Top eight tracts in Kettering ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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