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Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Orchard Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Fountainhead-Orchard Hills

Tract 24043010401 · Washington County, MD · pop 4,015 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 24043010401 covers part of the Orchard Hills area of Maugansville, MD, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.9/10.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 21% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,818
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$81,279

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Orchard Hills
Very High
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
Moderate
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 36 tracts In Washington County
Low
Within state
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#1,253 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fountainhead-Orchard Hills and the region

Centroid at 39.6881, -77.7498 · click any tract to drill in

Why Orchard Hills scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,433 rent vs county FMR
6.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
4.7

How Orchard Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Orchard Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.5This tracttract 0104014.0Fountainhead-Orchaparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Orchard Hills. 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 Orchard Hills

At $1,433 a month, rents run 35% over what the rest of Maugansville commands. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.1/10. It sits 1.9 points below the Washington County average of 5.4.

20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Washington County average of 42.4%. The voucher gap is 15.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 2.0 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $81,279. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 24043010401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24043010401?

Census tract 24043010401 in the Orchard Hills 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 24043010401?

Median gross rent is $1,433/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24043010401?

4.6% of residents in tract 24043010401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,015.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24043010401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 79th, minority 35th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 24043010401 considered part of Orchard Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24043010401 fall within Orchard Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24043010401 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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 24043010401 compare to Fountainhead-Orchard Hills overall?

Tract 24043010401 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fountainhead-Orchard Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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