Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

New Southwest/Mount Clare Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Tract 24510210200 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 3,711 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 7.8/10, tract 24510210200 in the New Southwest/Mount Clare area of Baltimore, MD reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 35% Owners 37%

Tract context

Occupied units1,591

Renter share63.2%

SVI overall0.86

Poverty rate26.4%

Median income$50,827

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.2776, -76.6396 · click any tract to drill in

Why New Southwest/Mount Clare scores 7.8

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

26.4% poverty · this tract

6.6

Supply constraint

$1,406 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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 New Southwest/Mount Clare compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

88%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
83%Racial/ethnic minority
45%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
18%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within New Southwest/Mount Clare. 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.

24.8%Housing insecurity
16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
29.8%Food insecurity
29.0%SNAP enrollment
14.9%Transit barriers
12.1%No health insurance
20.6%Frequent mental distress
34.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in New Southwest/Mount Clare

The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.8/10.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $50,827, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 29.8% against 17.8% nationally.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Against Baltimore City at 50.2%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Against the Baltimore City average of 6.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10.

Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 24510210200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510210200?

Census tract 24510210200 in the New Southwest/Mount Clare neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 24510210200?

Median gross rent is $1,406/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510210200?

26.4% of residents in tract 24510210200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,711.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510210200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 94th, minority 83th, housing 45th.

Is tract 24510210200 considered part of New Southwest/Mount Clare?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510210200 fall within New Southwest/Mount Clare (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24510210200 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.8% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24510210200 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510210200 scores 7.8/10, 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.

Was tract 24510210200 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. 18% 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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