Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Clear Spring Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 24043010600 · Washington County, MD · pop 5,483 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Clear Spring

With a score of 4.1/10, tract 24043010600 in Clear Spring, MD reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,483. Against Washington County at 42.4%, 19% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

4.1

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 11% Owners 87%

Tract context

Occupied units1,903

Renter share13.2%

SVI overall0.18

Poverty rate4.0%

Median income$87,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Clear Spring and the region

Centroid at 39.6641, -77.9738 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clear Spring scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Clear Spring

4.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.0

State political climate

Maryland legislature & governorship

5.7

Economic stress

4.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$854 rent vs county FMR

1.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Clear Spring

3.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Clear Spring

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Clear Spring

4.0

How Clear Spring compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

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

16%Socioeconomic
22%Household composition
10%Racial/ethnic minority
43%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

9.1%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
9.9%Food insecurity
7.6%SNAP enrollment
5.7%Transit barriers
6.7%No health insurance
15.9%Frequent mental distress
29.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Clear Spring

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.9/10. Average gross rent is $854, 37% below the Clear Spring average. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. It sits 1.3 points below the Washington County average of 5.4.

Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $87,250, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 24043010600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24043010600?

Census tract 24043010600 in Clear Spring 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.

What is the average rent in tract 24043010600?

Median gross rent is $854/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24043010600?

4.0% of residents in tract 24043010600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,483.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24043010600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 22th, minority 10th, housing 43th.

What share of households in tract 24043010600 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24043010600 compare to Clear Spring overall?

Tract 24043010600 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Clear Spring at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clear Spring; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.