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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

College Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Texarkana

Tract 05091020500 · Miller County, AR · pop 2,305 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 05091020500 sits in the College Hill area of Texarkana eviction risk, AR, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 2,305. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 25% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units832
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate33.9%
Median income$34,048

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In College Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 13 tracts In Texarkana
High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 14 tracts In Miller County
High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 823 tracts In Arkansas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Texarkana and the region

Centroid at 33.4108, -94.0163 · click any tract to drill in

Why College Hill scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Texarkana
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.7
State political climate
Arkansas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
33.9% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$950 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Texarkana
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Texarkana
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Texarkana
7.7

How College Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
College Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0205004.0Texarkanaparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within College Hill. 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 College Hill

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $34,048, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 29.1% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

It sits 1.3 points above the Miller County average of 4.1. Cost burden runs 49% here against 44.4% across Miller County. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10. Statewide the AR average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 05091020500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05091020500?

Census tract 05091020500 in the College Hill neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 05091020500?

Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 05091020500?

33.9% of residents in tract 05091020500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,305.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 05091020500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 11th, minority 72th, housing 85th.
Q5

Is tract 05091020500 considered part of College Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 05091020500 fall within College Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 05091020500 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.7% 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. 21.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 05091020500 compare to Texarkana overall?

Tract 05091020500 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Texarkana at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Texarkana eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Texarkana

Top eight tracts in Texarkana ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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