West Columbia Eviction Risk: Moderate

The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. At $1,221 a month, rents run 27% over what the rest of West Columbia commands.

Against the Brazoria County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $63,500.

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