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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

O'Donnell Heights Eviction Risk: High , Baltimore

Tract 24510260604 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 1,296 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

24510260604 is a census tract in the O'Donnell Heights area of Baltimore, MD. It scores 8/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,296 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 10/10.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 29% Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units542
Renter share79.0%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate53.1%
Median income$24,467

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In O'Donnell Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
Very High
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#39 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.2787, -76.5388 · click any tract to drill in

Why O'Donnell Heights scores 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
53.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$788 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 O'Donnell Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
O'Donnell Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 2606046.6Baltimoreparent city6.8Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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

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.

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 O'Donnell Heights

Food insecurity runs 49.1% against 17.8% nationally. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 53%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running hot, economic stress reads 10/10. Average gross rent is $788, 41% below the Baltimore average. Cost burden runs 64% here against 50.2% across Baltimore City.

Set annual rent against average income of $24,467 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.8% against 31.5% nationally.

It sits 1.2 points above the Baltimore City average of 6.8.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 24510260604

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510260604?

Census tract 24510260604 in the O'Donnell Heights neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 24510260604?

Median gross rent is $788/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510260604?

53.1% of residents in tract 24510260604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,296.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510260604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 97th, minority 86th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 24510260604 considered part of O'Donnell Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510260604 fall within O'Donnell Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510260604 struggle to pay rent?

About 39.0% 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. 27.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510260604 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510260604 scores 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.
Q8

Was tract 24510260604 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. 15% 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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Top eight tracts in Baltimore ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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