Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Brownsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48061013401 · Cameron, TX · pop 2,103
Census tract 48061013401 covers part of Brownsville, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units721
Renter share62.7%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate40.4%
Median income$19,909
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brownsville and the region
Centroid at 25.9167, -97.4824 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brownsville scores 4.8
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
40.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$865 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Brownsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 22Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2016)
- 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brownsville
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Set annual rent against average income of $19,909 and the ratio lands at 52%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Adults with no health insurance runs 48.3% against 11.3% nationally.
The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Disability prevalence runs 48.3% against 31.5% nationally. Cost burden runs 53% here against 42.8% across Cameron County.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 0.9 points above the Cameron County average of 3.9. The filing record is not thin: 22 evictions over 3 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.2% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48061013401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061013401?
Census tract 48061013401 in Brownsville scores 4.8/10 (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 48061013401?
Median gross rent is $865/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48061013401?
40.4% of residents in tract 48061013401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,103.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48061013401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 99th, minority 98th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061013401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061013401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.90% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 48061013401 compare to Brownsville overall?
Tract 48061013401 scores 4.8/10, 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.
Tract · TX
48061013203
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Southmost
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Riverside
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Southmost
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061012512
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Riverside
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061013801
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061013106
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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