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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Fountainhead Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hagerstown

Tract 24043000200 · Washington County, MD · pop 4,454 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 24043000200 sits in the Fountainhead area of Hagerstown eviction risk, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. It is home to 4,454 residents. Against Washington County at 42.4%, 7% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 20% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,731
Renter share21.4%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$83,112

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Fountainhead
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 13 tracts In Hagerstown
Very Low
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 36 tracts In Washington County
Moderate
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#676 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hagerstown and the region

Centroid at 39.6614, -77.7190 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fountainhead scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hagerstown
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,339 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hagerstown
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hagerstown
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hagerstown
7.7

How Fountainhead compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fountainhead risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0002006.5Hagerstownparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fountainhead. 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 Fountainhead

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,339, 20% above the Hagerstown average.

On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 21% 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Washington County average of 5.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $83,112.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 24043000200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24043000200?

Census tract 24043000200 in the Fountainhead neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 24043000200?

Median gross rent is $1,339/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24043000200?

3.7% of residents in tract 24043000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,454.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24043000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 32th, minority 48th, housing 55th.
Q5

Is tract 24043000200 considered part of Fountainhead?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24043000200 fall within Fountainhead (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24043000200 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24043000200 compare to Hagerstown overall?

Tract 24043000200 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Hagerstown at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hagerstown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hagerstown

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

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