Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
College Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , University Park
Tract 24033806400 · Prince George's County, MD · pop 3,886 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 3.5/10, tract 24033806400 in the College Heights area of University Park, MD reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,886 residents. Severe burden reaches 55%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,575
Renter share29.1%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$159,327
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across University Park and the region
Centroid at 38.9751, -76.9459 · click any tract to drill in
Why College Heights scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from University Park
9.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
9.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,100 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from University Park
2.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from University Park
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from University Park
2.5
How College Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 39Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2016)
- 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 1,300% 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 12.0%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in College Heights
Cost burden runs 67% here against 45.6% across Prince George's County. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 10/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 9.1/10. At $2,100 a month, rents run 34% under what the rest of University Park commands. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 9/10.
It sits 1.4 points below the Prince George's County average of 4.9. SNAP participation runs 5.1% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 39 eviction filings across 4 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 3.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $159,327, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 24033806400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24033806400?
Census tract 24033806400 in the College 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 24033806400?
Median gross rent is $2,100/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24033806400?
12.0% of residents in tract 24033806400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,886.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24033806400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 6th, minority 56th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 24033806400 considered part of College Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24033806400 fall within College Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 24033806400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 24033806400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.99% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 24033806400 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 24033806400 compare to University Park overall?
Tract 24033806400 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of University Park at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from University Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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