Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,036 of 84,120 nationally
Curtis Bay Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore
Tract 24510250500 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 4,251 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
How risky is the Curtis Bay neighborhood of Baltimore for landlords? Census tract 24510250500 scores 7.3/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 97% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,099 monthly, set against $43,223 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,180
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$43,223
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baltimore and the region
Centroid at 39.2176, -76.5823 · click any tract to drill in
Why Curtis Bay scores 7.2
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
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,099 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 Curtis Bay compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 7%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.
- 25.6%Housing insecurity
- 16.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.2%Food insecurity
- 30.2%SNAP enrollment
- 15.3%Transit barriers
- 14.2%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 38.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Curtis Bay
The score leans hardest on 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 25.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 24510250500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510250500?
Census tract 24510250500 in the Curtis Bay neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 24510250500?
Median gross rent is $1,099/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24510250500?
21.8% of residents in tract 24510250500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,251.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24510250500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 56th, minority 73th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 24510250500 considered part of Curtis Bay?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510250500 fall within Curtis Bay (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24510250500 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.6% 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. 16.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24510250500 compare to Baltimore overall?
Tract 24510250500 scores 7.2/10, 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 24510250500 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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