Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 48061012402 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48061012402 · Cameron, TX · pop 5,703
Tract 48061012402 sits in Cameron County, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 5,703. Adults with no health insurance runs 35.2% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,774
Renter share40.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate38.1%
Median income$68,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cameron and the region
Centroid at 26.0765, -97.4714 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 48061012402 scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
1.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
38.1% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$935 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 48061012402 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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)
- 61Total filings over 3 yrs
- 3.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2018)
- 27Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 48061012402
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.5/10. The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Cameron County average of 42.8%. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, local political climate reads 1.5/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 61 filings here across 3 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2018 at 4.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48061012402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061012402?
Census tract 48061012402 in Cameron scores 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 48061012402?
Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48061012402?
38.1% of residents in tract 48061012402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,703.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48061012402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 98th, minority 90th, housing 85th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061012402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 61 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061012402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.59% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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