Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Hancock Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 24043010700 · Washington County, MD · pop 3,419 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Hancock
Tract 24043010700 sits in Hancock, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. It is home to 3,419 residents. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,536
Renter share27.6%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$52,447
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hancock and the region
Centroid at 39.6905, -78.2273 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hancock scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hancock
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$995 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hancock
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hancock
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hancock
8.9
How Hancock compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.6%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hancock
about three-quarters of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Washington County average of 42.4%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.9/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10.
It sits 2.0 points above the Washington County average of 5.4. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10.
The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Nationally it ranks #10,727 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter. Average gross rent is $995, close to the Hancock average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $52,447. 28% 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 24043010700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24043010700?
Census tract 24043010700 in Hancock scores 7.4/10 (Elevated 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 24043010700?
Median gross rent is $995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24043010700?
18.1% of residents in tract 24043010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,419.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24043010700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 55th, minority 5th, housing 29th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24043010700 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24043010700 compare to Hancock overall?
Tract 24043010700 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Hancock at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hancock; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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