Knightwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Harlingen
Tract 48061010602 · Cameron, TX · pop 1,576 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 4.3/10 for census tract 48061010602 reflects conditions in Knightwood in Harlingen, Texas. That is riskier than about 17% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $887 a month while the average household earns $72,500 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Harlingen and the region
Centroid at 26.2083, -97.6811 · click any tract to drill in
Why Knightwood scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Knightwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.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
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)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Knightwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What drives eviction risk in Knightwood
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Harlingen eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cameron County average of 4.5 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 13 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 3.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.8% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 48061010602
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