Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Riverside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Brownsville
Tract 48061013700 · Cameron, TX · pop 4,114 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 48061013700 covers part of the Riverside area of Brownsville, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,114 residents. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,160
Renter share71.1%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate47.6%
Median income$34,732
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brownsville and the region
Centroid at 25.9114, -97.5097 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverside 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
47.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$740 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Riverside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 25Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.0%Peak (2016)
- 4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Riverside. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverside
Adults with no health insurance runs 51.2% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 48%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Disability prevalence runs 52.1% against 31.5% nationally.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $740 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Brownsville commands.
It sits 0.9 points above the Cameron County average of 3.9. The filing record is not thin: 25 evictions over 3 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 2.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.3% 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 48061013700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061013700?
Census tract 48061013700 in the Riverside neighborhood 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 48061013700?
Median gross rent is $740/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48061013700?
47.6% of residents in tract 48061013700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,114.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48061013700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 89th, minority 96th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 48061013700 considered part of Riverside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48061013700 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061013700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061013700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.25% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48061013700 compare to Brownsville overall?
Tract 48061013700 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
48061013401
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061012512
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061013801
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061013106
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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