Neighborhood · Ranked #2,214 of 84,120 nationally

Parkside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Tract 24510260202 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 6,158 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 24510260202 covers the Parkside neighborhood of Baltimore in Maryland. Home to 6,158 residents, it scores 7.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 99% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 63% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,242 a month against an average household income of $38,750 a year, roughly 38% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 26% Owners 29%

Tract context

Occupied units2,834

Renter share70.5%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate29.9%

Median income$38,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.3252, -76.5567 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parkside scores 7.9

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

29.9% poverty · this tract

7.5

Supply constraint

$1,242 rent vs county FMR

1.3

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 Parkside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

62%Socioeconomic
93%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
47%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
38%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.

34.9%Housing insecurity
25.6%Utility-shutoff threat
43.5%Food insecurity
46.7%SNAP enrollment
21.3%Transit barriers
12.9%No health insurance
22.1%Frequent mental distress
42.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parkside

What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above 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 B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 34.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 25.6% 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 24510260202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510260202?

Census tract 24510260202 in the Parkside neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 24510260202?

Median gross rent is $1,242/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510260202?

29.9% of residents in tract 24510260202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,158.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510260202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 93th, minority 90th, housing 47th.

Is tract 24510260202 considered part of Parkside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510260202 fall within Parkside (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24510260202 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.9% 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.

How does tract 24510260202 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510260202 scores 7.9/10, 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.

Was tract 24510260202 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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