Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Port Isabel Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48061012304 · Cameron, TX · pop 4,336 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Port Isabel
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 48061012304 (Port Isabel in Cameron County, Texas) comes in at 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 41% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $745 a month against an average household income of $52,683 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,635
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$52,683
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Port Isabel and the region
Centroid at 26.0631, -97.2185 · click any tract to drill in
Why Port Isabel scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Port Isabel
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
23.8% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$745 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Port Isabel
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Port Isabel
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Port Isabel
7.8
How Port Isabel compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 51Total filings over 3 yrs
- 3.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2016)
- 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Port Isabel
What moves this score most is housing court bias at 7.8/10. 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 Port Isabel, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cameron County average of 4.5 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 51 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.2% 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 48061012304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061012304?
Census tract 48061012304 in Port Isabel scores 5.7/10 (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 48061012304?
Median gross rent is $745/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48061012304?
23.8% of residents in tract 48061012304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,336.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48061012304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 72th, minority 87th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061012304?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061012304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.05% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 48061012304 compare to Port Isabel overall?
Tract 48061012304 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Port Isabel at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Port Isabel; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Port Isabel
Top eight tracts in Port Isabel ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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