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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,036 of 84,120 nationally

Reisterstown Station Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Tract 24510272006 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 3,793 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 24510272006 runs through Reisterstown Station in Baltimore. With 3,793 residents, it scores 7.2/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,056 monthly, set against $38,295 in average yearly household income, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 69% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 33% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,575
Renter share69.3%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$38,295

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Reisterstown Station
Very High
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#74 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
Elevated
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#80 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
Elevated
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#81 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.3566, -76.6965 · click any tract to drill in

Why Reisterstown Station scores 7.2

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
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,056 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 Reisterstown Station compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Reisterstown Station risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.27.2This tracttract 272006Baltimore: 6.76.7Baltimoreparent cityCounty: 6.66.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Reisterstown Station. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Reisterstown Station

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 Black and White and ranks around the 91st 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.

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 24510272006

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510272006?

Census tract 24510272006 in the Reisterstown Station neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 24510272006?

Median gross rent is $1,056/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510272006?

20.0% of residents in tract 24510272006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,793.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510272006?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 82th, minority 73th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 24510272006 considered part of Reisterstown Station?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510272006 fall within Reisterstown Station (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510272006 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.8% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510272006 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510272006 scores 7.2/10, 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 24510272006 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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