Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Smithsburg Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 24043011301 · Washington County, MD · pop 5,371 · 33% of tract blocks fall in Smithsburg
Census tract 24043011301 covers part of Smithsburg, MD, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,371 residents. Against Washington County at 42.4%, 19% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,945
Renter share23.2%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$88,918
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smithsburg and the region
Centroid at 39.6520, -77.5526 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smithsburg scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smithsburg
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$908 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smithsburg
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smithsburg
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smithsburg
5.7
How Smithsburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smithsburg
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.9/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. Against the Washington County average of 5.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.2/10. 8% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10. Against average income of $88,918, annual rent is just 12%.
Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler. Average gross rent is $908, close to the Smithsburg average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 24043011301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24043011301?
Census tract 24043011301 in Smithsburg scores 4.2/10 (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 24043011301?
Median gross rent is $908/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24043011301?
11.7% of residents in tract 24043011301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,371.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24043011301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 73th, minority 11th, housing 41th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24043011301 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24043011301 compare to Smithsburg overall?
Tract 24043011301 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Smithsburg at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smithsburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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