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Los Ebanos Eviction Risk: Moderate , Brownsville

Tract 48061013002 · Cameron, TX · pop 4,751 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 4.4/10, tract 48061013002 in the Los Ebanos area of Brownsville, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 45% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,663
Renter share69.7%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate32.3%
Median income$48,759

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Los Ebanos
Very High
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#23 of 60 tracts In Brownsville
Elevated
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#45 of 121 tracts In Cameron
Elevated
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#2,131 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brownsville and the region

Centroid at 25.9419, -97.4924 · click any tract to drill in

Why Los Ebanos scores 4.4

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
32.3% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$928 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Los Ebanos compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Los Ebanos risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 0130023.4Brownsvilleparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 37Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 1.13%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.2%Peak (2016)
  • 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2015 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48061013002
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Los Ebanos. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Los Ebanos

Adults with no health insurance runs 31.6% against 11.3% nationally. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.1/10. Cost burden runs 35% here against 42.8% across Cameron County.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 37 filings here across 3 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48061013002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061013002?

Census tract 48061013002 in the Los Ebanos neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 48061013002?

Median gross rent is $928/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48061013002?

32.3% of residents in tract 48061013002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,751.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48061013002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 86th, minority 95th, housing 57th.
Q5

Is tract 48061013002 considered part of Los Ebanos?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48061013002 fall within Los Ebanos (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061013002?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061013002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.13% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48061013002 compare to Brownsville overall?

Tract 48061013002 scores 4.4/10, 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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