Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Whispering Lakes Ranch Eviction Risk: Lower , League City
Tract 48167721211 · Galveston, TX · pop 2,846 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
For landlords sizing up Whispering Lakes Ranch in League City, census tract 48167721211 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. That is riskier than about 2% of US census tracts.
About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $207,861 a year. About 3% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units999
Renter share2.7%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.4%
Median income$207,861
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across League City and the region
Centroid at 29.5000, -95.0158 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whispering Lakes Ranch scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from League City
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
1.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from League City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from League City
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from League City
2.0
How Whispering Lakes Ranch compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 13Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.08×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Whispering Lakes Ranch. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whispering Lakes Ranch
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from League City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Galveston County average of 5.0 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.08x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167721211
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167721211?
Census tract 48167721211 in the Whispering Lakes Ranch neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 48167721211?
1.4% of residents in tract 48167721211 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,846.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167721211?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 8th, minority 53th, housing 1th.
Q4
Is tract 48167721211 considered part of Whispering Lakes Ranch?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48167721211 fall within Whispering Lakes Ranch (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167721211 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.08× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48167721211 compare to League City overall?
Tract 48167721211 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of League City at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from League City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in League City
Top eight tracts in League City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · TX
48167721302
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167721501
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
Montesano
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
Northpointe
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
Centerpointe
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
Centerfield
2.9
/ 10 · Low
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Centerpointe
2.9
/ 10 · Low
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Vittoria
2.8
/ 10 · Low
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