Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #1,816 of 84,120 nationally
Old Town Eviction Risk: High , Baltimore
Tract 24510280500 · Baltimore city, MD · pop 2,620 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
The Elevated-tier score of 7.8/10 for census tract 24510280500 reflects conditions in the Old Town neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.
60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $515 a month against an average household income of $18,047 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 97% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 58%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units941
Renter share96.6%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate64.6%
Median income$18,047
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
99
th percentile
Very High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baltimore and the region
Centroid at 39.2951, -76.6029 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Town scores 8.1
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
64.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$515 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 Old Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Old Town. 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.
- 47.5%Housing insecurity
- 40.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 63.9%Food insecurity
- 72.6%SNAP enrollment
- 33.8%Transit barriers
- 20.0%No health insurance
- 25.7%Frequent mental distress
- 56.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Town
The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 94th 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.
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 24510280500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24510280500?
Census tract 24510280500 in the Old Town neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 24510280500?
Median gross rent is $515/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24510280500?
64.6% of residents in tract 24510280500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,620.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24510280500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 73th, minority 93th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 24510280500 considered part of Old Town?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24510280500 fall within Old Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24510280500 struggle to pay rent?
About 47.5% 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. 40.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24510280500 compare to Baltimore overall?
Tract 24510280500 scores 8.1/10, 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 24510280500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Baltimore
Top eight tracts in Baltimore ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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