Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,157 of 84,120 nationally
Dorchester Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore
Tract 24510151000 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 6,166 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
How risky is the Dorchester neighborhood of Baltimore for landlords? Census tract 24510151000 scores 7.3/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 97% of US census tracts.
60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,049 monthly, set against $43,583 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,907
Renter share44.4%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate24.9%
Median income$43,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baltimore and the region
Centroid at 39.3334, -76.6844 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dorchester scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
24.9% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,049 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 Dorchester compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 97%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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.
- 27.4%Housing insecurity
- 18.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.3%Food insecurity
- 33.3%SNAP enrollment
- 16.0%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 39.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dorchester
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.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 24510151000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510151000?
Census tract 24510151000 in the Dorchester neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 24510151000?
Median gross rent is $1,049/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24510151000?
24.9% of residents in tract 24510151000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,166.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24510151000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 79th, minority 95th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 24510151000 considered part of Dorchester?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510151000 fall within Dorchester (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24510151000 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.4% 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. 18.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24510151000 compare to Baltimore overall?
Tract 24510151000 scores 7.5/10, 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 24510151000 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.
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