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Southwood Valley Eviction Risk: Lower , College Station

Tract 48041001803 · Brazos, TX · pop 5,978 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 3.5/10, tract 48041001803 in the Southwood Valley area of College Station, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,978 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 29% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units2,394
Renter share63.7%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$64,093

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Southwood Valley
Very Low
Within parent city
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 33 tracts In College Station
Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#43 of 63 tracts In Brazos
Low
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#3,589 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across College Station and the region

Centroid at 30.5822, -96.3118 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southwood Valley scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from College Station
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,212 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from College Station
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from College Station
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from College Station
3.0

How Southwood Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Southwood Valley risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.5This tracttract 0018033.8College Stationparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 23Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 0.69%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.1%Peak (2007)
  • 19Filings in 2007 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Southwood Valley. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southwood Valley

Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Court records carry 23 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Against the Brazos County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.

On the softer side, housing-court posture reads 3/10. The worst year on record was 2007, when 1.1% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 55% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Average gross rent is $1,212, close to the College Station average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48041001803

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48041001803?

Census tract 48041001803 in the Southwood Valley neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 48041001803?

Median gross rent is $1,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48041001803?

16.4% of residents in tract 48041001803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,978.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48041001803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 11th, minority 61th, housing 61th.
Q5

Is tract 48041001803 considered part of Southwood Valley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48041001803 fall within Southwood Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48041001803?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 48041001803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.69% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48041001803 compare to College Station overall?

Tract 48041001803 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of College Station at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from College Station eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in College Station

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

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