Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Rowland Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Ritchie
Tract 24043010100 · Washington County, MD · pop 1,078 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.8/10 for census tract 24043010100 reflects conditions in the Rowland Hill area of Fort Ritchie, Maryland. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.
About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $63,274 a year. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units431
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$63,274
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Ritchie and the region
Centroid at 39.6977, -77.4946 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rowland Hill scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Ritchie
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Ritchie
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Ritchie
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Ritchie
3.8
How Rowland Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%Housing & transportation
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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rowland Hill
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fort Ritchie, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Washington County average of 6.4 and below the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 24043010100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24043010100?
Census tract 24043010100 in the Rowland Hill neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 24043010100?
4.2% of residents in tract 24043010100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,078.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 24043010100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 23th, minority 3th, housing 5th.
Q4
Is tract 24043010100 considered part of Rowland Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24043010100 fall within Rowland Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 24043010100 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24043010100 compare to Fort Ritchie overall?
Tract 24043010100 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Fort Ritchie at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Ritchie; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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