Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Cross Country Eviction Risk: Moderate , Baltimore
Tract 24510272005 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 3,215 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
In Cross Country in Baltimore, census tract 24510272005 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 95% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,637 a month while the average household earns $90,288 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.5
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 parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
82
th percentile
High
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 5.5
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
- 26%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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cross Country
The score leans hardest on 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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.
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 24510272005
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510272005?
Census tract 24510272005 in the Cross Country neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 5.5/10, lower 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 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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