Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Los Cuates South Colonia Eviction Risk: Moderate , Brownsville
Tract 48061013308 · Cameron, TX · pop 3,446 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 48061013308 in the Los Cuates South Colonia area of Brownsville, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 53%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units885
Renter share32.2%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate34.4%
Median income$39,561
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
76
th percentile
High
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brownsville and the region
Centroid at 25.8855, -97.4460 · click any tract to drill in
Why Los Cuates South Colonia scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
34.4% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$956 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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 Cuates South Colonia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 30Total filings over 3 yrs
- 4.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2016)
- 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Los Cuates South Colonia. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Los Cuates South Colonia
Against Cameron County at 42.8%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 46.8% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.6/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Disability prevalence runs 43.9% against 31.5% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 30 filings here across 3 tracked years.
It sits 0.7 points above the Cameron County average of 3.9. Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48061013308
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061013308?
Census tract 48061013308 in the Los Cuates South Colonia neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 48061013308?
Median gross rent is $956/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48061013308?
34.4% of residents in tract 48061013308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,446.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48061013308?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 88th, minority 97th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 48061013308 considered part of Los Cuates South Colonia?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48061013308 fall within Los Cuates South Colonia (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061013308?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061013308 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.64% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48061013308 compare to Brownsville overall?
Tract 48061013308 scores 4.6/10, 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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48061013401
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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48061012512
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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48061013801
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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48061013106
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061013203
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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