Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Walker Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore
Tract 24510270804 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 2,630 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 24510270804 sits in the Lake Walker neighborhood of Baltimore eviction risk, Maryland eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. It lands near the 92nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $874 monthly, set against $61,516 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,385
Renter share59.9%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$61,516
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baltimore and the region
Centroid at 39.3687, -76.6046 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Walker scores 6.6
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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$874 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 Lake Walker compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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
- 72%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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.1%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Walker
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 in line with the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer 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.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 24510270804
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510270804?
Census tract 24510270804 in the Lake Walker neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 24510270804?
Median gross rent is $874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24510270804?
17.9% of residents in tract 24510270804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,630.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24510270804?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 53th, minority 76th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 24510270804 considered part of Lake Walker?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510270804 fall within Lake Walker (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24510270804 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24510270804 compare to Baltimore overall?
Tract 24510270804 scores 6.6/10, right in line with 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 24510270804 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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