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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Fountain View Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Harlingen

Tract 48061010603 · Cameron, TX · pop 5,010 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

48061010603 is a census tract in the Fountain View Village area of Harlingen, TX. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,010. Adults with no health insurance runs 38.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 34% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,626
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate30.0%
Median income$33,696

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Fountain View Village
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 23 tracts In Harlingen
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 121 tracts In Cameron
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#108 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Harlingen and the region

Centroid at 26.2099, -97.7033 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fountain View Village scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
30.0% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$632 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Fountain View Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fountain View Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0106034.0Harlingenparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fountain View Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fountain View Village

The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.4/10. Average gross rent is $632, 32% below the Harlingen average. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Against Cameron County at 42.8%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.

Against the Cameron County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 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 $33,696.

50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48061010603

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061010603?

Census tract 48061010603 in the Fountain View Village neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 48061010603?

Median gross rent is $632/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48061010603?

30.0% of residents in tract 48061010603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,010.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48061010603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 97th, minority 90th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 48061010603 considered part of Fountain View Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48061010603 fall within Fountain View Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 48061010603 compare to Harlingen overall?

Tract 48061010603 scores 5.4/10, higher 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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