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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Combes Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 48061010201 · Cameron, TX · pop 1,862 · 18% of tract blocks fall in Combes

48061010201 is a census tract in Combes, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,862 residents. Cost burden runs about one in five here against 42.8% across Cameron County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 7% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units573
Renter share8.7%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$85,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Combes
Moderate
Within county
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#102 of 121 tracts In Cameron
Very Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Combes and the region

Centroid at 26.2865, -97.6766 · click any tract to drill in

Why Combes scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Combes
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$734 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Combes
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Combes
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Combes
8.1

How Combes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Combes risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0102013.2Combesparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 5Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 1.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.0%Peak (2015)
  • 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2015 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48061010201
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Combes

The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 30.5% against 11.3% nationally.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10.

It sits 0.9 points below the Cameron County average of 3.9. The filing record is not thin: 5 evictions over 3 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 2.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 9% 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.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $85,313, annual rent is just 10%.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48061010201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061010201?

Census tract 48061010201 in Combes scores 3/10 (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 48061010201?

Median gross rent is $734/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48061010201?

11.7% of residents in tract 48061010201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,862.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48061010201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 75th, minority 89th, housing 45th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061010201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061010201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.31% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 48061010201 compare to Combes overall?

Tract 48061010201 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Combes at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Combes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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