Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Defense Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Bladensburg
Tract 24033803801 · Prince George's County, MD · pop 2,537 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 24033803801 in the Defense Heights area of Prince George's County, MD reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,537 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 10/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units687
Renter share7.9%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$103,006
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bladensburg and the region
Centroid at 38.9458, -76.9053 · click any tract to drill in
Why Defense Heights scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bladensburg
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
9.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,815 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bladensburg
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bladensburg
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bladensburg
5.0
How Defense Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 17Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2014)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Defense 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.
- 24.3%Housing insecurity
- 12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.5%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.3%Transit barriers
- 24.2%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Defense Heights
The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against Prince George's County at 45.6%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, regional political climate reads 9/10.
Food insecurity runs 28.5% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 24.3% against 14.2% nationally.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 17 evictions over 4 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 5.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 8% 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. Social vulnerability reads 8.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
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 24033803801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24033803801?
Census tract 24033803801 in the Defense Heights neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 24033803801?
Median gross rent is $1,815/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24033803801?
9.8% of residents in tract 24033803801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,537.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24033803801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 65th, minority 90th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 24033803801 considered part of Defense Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24033803801 fall within Defense Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 24033803801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 24033803801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.87% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 24033803801 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.3% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 24033803801 compare to Bladensburg overall?
Tract 24033803801 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Bladensburg at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bladensburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bladensburg
Top eight tracts in Bladensburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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