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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally

Hunting Ridge Eviction Risk: Elevated , Baltimore

Tract 24510280401 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 3,065 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

How risky is Hunting Ridge in Baltimore for landlords? Census tract 24510280401 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 95% of US census tracts.

About 63% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,154 a month against an average household income of $56,723 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 12% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,519
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$56,723

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hunting Ridge
Moderate
Within parent city
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#122 of 199 tracts In Baltimore
Low
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#121 of 199 tracts In Baltimore city
Low
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#154 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baltimore and the region

Centroid at 39.2970, -76.7022 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hunting Ridge scores 6.4

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
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,154 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 Hunting Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hunting Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.46.4This tracttract 280401Baltimore: 6.76.7Baltimoreparent cityCounty: 6.66.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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 Hunting Ridge

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 safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 62nd 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), 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 24510280401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510280401?

Census tract 24510280401 in the Hunting Ridge neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 24510280401?

Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24510280401?

13.9% of residents in tract 24510280401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,065.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24510280401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 60th, minority 85th, housing 52th.
Q5

Is tract 24510280401 considered part of Hunting Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510280401 fall within Hunting Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24510280401 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.5% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24510280401 compare to Baltimore overall?

Tract 24510280401 scores 6.4/10, 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 24510280401 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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Top eight tracts in Baltimore ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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