Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,782 of 84,120 nationally
Baltimore Highlands Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 24510260800 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 1,962 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 24510260800, home to 1,962 residents in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood of Baltimore, scores 7.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #2,158 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,416 a month while the average household earns $47,690 a year, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units920
Renter share57.7%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$47,690
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baltimore and the region
Centroid at 39.2902, -76.5660 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baltimore Highlands scores 7
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
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,416 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 Baltimore Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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
- 88%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.
- 24.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.1%Food insecurity
- 23.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.6%Transit barriers
- 21.7%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Baltimore Highlands
What moves this score most is 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 88% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 24510260800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510260800?
Census tract 24510260800 in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 24510260800?
Median gross rent is $1,416/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24510260800?
20.7% of residents in tract 24510260800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,962.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24510260800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 70th, minority 72th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 24510260800 considered part of Baltimore Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510260800 fall within Baltimore Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24510260800 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.0% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24510260800 compare to Baltimore overall?
Tract 24510260800 scores 7/10, 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 24510260800 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. 88% 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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