West Columbia Eviction Risk: Moderate

Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

At $1,051 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of West Columbia commands. Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $89,534, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

It tracks the Brazoria County average of 3.8 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.