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Druid Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Tract 24510140300 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 1,531 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 24510140300 belongs to the Druid Heights area of Baltimore, Maryland. It is home to 1,531 residents and scores 7.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,155 a month against an average household income of $45,862 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 68% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 32% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units996
Renter share68.1%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate21.0%
Median income$45,862

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Druid Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#91 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
Moderate
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#86 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
Elevated
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#100 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.3078, -76.6362 · click any tract to drill in

Why Druid Heights scores 7

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
21.0% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,155 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Druid Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Druid Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 140300Baltimore: 6.76.7Baltimoreparent cityCounty: 6.66.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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.

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 Druid Heights

The heaviest input here 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 riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 98% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 65th 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 24510140300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510140300?

Census tract 24510140300 in the Druid Heights neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 24510140300?

Median gross rent is $1,155/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510140300?

21.0% of residents in tract 24510140300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,531.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510140300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 8th, minority 90th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 24510140300 considered part of Druid Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510140300 fall within Druid Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510140300 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.7% 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. 19.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510140300 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510140300 scores 7/10, higher 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 24510140300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 98% 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.
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