Penn North Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 34.4% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.8/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Baltimore City average of 6.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Baltimore. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, 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 hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.