Orchard Ridge Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.8/10. Against Baltimore City at 50.2%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Food insecurity runs 32.7% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.

Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.