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Saint Josephs Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Tract 24510200702 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 1,224 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 24510200702 sits in the Saint Josephs area of Baltimore eviction risk, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.3/10. Population here is 1,224. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 18% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units516
Renter share35.5%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$50,244

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Saint Josephs
Moderate
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#86 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
Elevated
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#85 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
Elevated
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#216 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.2847, -76.6756 · click any tract to drill in

Why Saint Josephs scores 7.3

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
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,303 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Saint Josephs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Saint Josephs risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 2007026.6Baltimoreparent city6.8Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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 Saint Josephs

Food insecurity runs 44.5% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 34.0% against 14.2% nationally.

Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 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 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 49% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Baltimore City average of 6.8 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 24510200702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510200702?

Census tract 24510200702 in the Saint Josephs neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 24510200702?

Median gross rent is $1,303/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510200702?

23.5% of residents in tract 24510200702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,224.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510200702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 70th, minority 95th, housing 8th.
Q5

Is tract 24510200702 considered part of Saint Josephs?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510200702 fall within Saint Josephs (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510200702 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.0% 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. 25.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510200702 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510200702 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Baltimore at 6.6/10. 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 24510200702 historically redlined?

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