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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Cross Country Eviction Risk: Moderate , Baltimore

Tract 24510272005 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 3,215 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 24510272005 in the Cross Country area of Baltimore, MD reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 10/10.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 19% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,294
Renter share46.2%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$90,288

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Cross Country
Moderate
Within parent city
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#193 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
Very Low
Within county
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#168 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
Very Low
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#766 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.3687, -76.7010 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cross Country scores 5.2

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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,637 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Cross Country compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cross Country risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 2720056.6Baltimoreparent city6.8Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

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.

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 Cross Country

27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.8/10.

It sits 1.6 points below the Baltimore City average of 6.8. Against Baltimore City at 50.2%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Average gross rent is $1,637, 23% above the Baltimore average. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.7/10.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $90,288.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 24510272005

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510272005?

Census tract 24510272005 in the Cross Country neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 24510272005?

Median gross rent is $1,637/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510272005?

10.7% of residents in tract 24510272005 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,215.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510272005?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 97th, minority 40th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 24510272005 considered part of Cross Country?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510272005 fall within Cross Country (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510272005 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510272005 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510272005 scores 5.2/10, lower 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 24510272005 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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