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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

Mayfield Eviction Risk: Moderate , Baltimore

Tract 24510080101 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 3,752 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

How risky is the Mayfield neighborhood of Baltimore for landlords? Census tract 24510080101 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #4,580 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

67% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 65% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,442 monthly, set against $65,714 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 13% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,470
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$65,714

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Mayfield
Very High
Within parent city
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#146 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
Low
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#147 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
Low
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#214 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.3228, -76.5790 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mayfield scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Baltimore
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.8
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,442 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Baltimore
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Baltimore
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Baltimore
6.0

How Mayfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mayfield risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.95.9This tracttract 080101Baltimore: 6.76.7Baltimoreparent cityCounty: 6.66.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mayfield. 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 Mayfield

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. 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 Baltimore eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Baltimore City County average of 7.1 and above the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 23.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 24510080101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510080101?

Census tract 24510080101 in the Mayfield neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 24510080101?

Median gross rent is $1,442/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510080101?

10.0% of residents in tract 24510080101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,752.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510080101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 29th, minority 79th, housing 33th.
Q5

Is tract 24510080101 considered part of Mayfield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510080101 fall within Mayfield (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510080101 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.7% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510080101 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510080101 scores 5.9/10, lower than the parent city of Baltimore at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Baltimore eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 24510080101 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Baltimore

Top eight tracts in Baltimore ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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