Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Knightwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Harlingen
Tract 48061010602 · Cameron, TX · pop 1,576 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 48061010602 sits in the Knightwood area of Harlingen eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 1,576. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units604
Renter share23.2%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$72,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harlingen and the region
Centroid at 26.2083, -97.6811 · click any tract to drill in
Why Knightwood scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Harlingen
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$887 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harlingen
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harlingen
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harlingen
7.2
How Knightwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%Housing & transportation
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)
- 13Total filings over 3 yrs
- 3.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2016)
- 3Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Knightwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Knightwood
Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.4/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against Cameron County at 42.8%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.1% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.9 points below the Cameron County average of 3.9.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 13 filings here across 3 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 4.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 23% 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48061010602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061010602?
Census tract 48061010602 in the Knightwood neighborhood 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 48061010602?
Median gross rent is $887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48061010602?
11.0% of residents in tract 48061010602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,576.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48061010602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 82th, minority 83th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 48061010602 considered part of Knightwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48061010602 fall within Knightwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061010602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061010602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.17% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48061010602 compare to Harlingen overall?
Tract 48061010602 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Harlingen at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harlingen eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Harlingen
Top eight tracts in Harlingen ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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48061011100
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Fountain View Village
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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48061010802
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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48061011802
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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48061011200
5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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