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Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Brownsville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48061012607 · Cameron, TX · pop 2,675

Census tract 48061012607 covers part of Brownsville, TX, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. 43% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 17% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units720
Renter share38.1%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate25.2%
Median income$43,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 60 tracts In Brownsville
Moderate
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#61 of 121 tracts In Cameron
Moderate
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#2,721 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
National
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#48,956 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brownsville and the region

Centroid at 25.9480, -97.4341 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brownsville scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brownsville
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
25.2% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,092 rent vs county FMR
6.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brownsville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brownsville
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brownsville
3.5

How Brownsville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brownsville risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0126073.4Brownsvilleparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

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)

  • 33Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 4.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.3%Peak (2016)
  • 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2015 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48061012607
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brownsville

Adults with no health insurance runs 40.1% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Cost burden runs 55% here against 42.8% across Cameron County.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $1,092 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Brownsville commands.

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 3 years of observation. The voucher gap is 15.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 7.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48061012607

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061012607?

Census tract 48061012607 in Brownsville 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 48061012607?

Median gross rent is $1,092/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48061012607?

25.2% of residents in tract 48061012607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,675.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48061012607?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 85th, minority 98th, housing 43th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061012607?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061012607 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.70% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 48061012607 compare to Brownsville overall?

Tract 48061012607 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Brownsville at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brownsville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brownsville

Top eight tracts in Brownsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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