Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Kemah Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167721600 · Galveston, TX · pop 1,962 · 55% of tract blocks fall in Kemah
Census tract 48167721600 covers part of Kemah, TX, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,962. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units743
Renter share28.9%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$95,448
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kemah and the region
Centroid at 29.5314, -95.0099 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kemah scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kemah
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,365 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kemah
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kemah
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kemah
6.2
How Kemah compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 122Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.03×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kemah
Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,365, 23% below the Kemah average. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $95,448, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. It tracks the Galveston County average of 4.0 closely.
29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167721600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167721600?
Census tract 48167721600 in Kemah scores 4.1/10 (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 48167721600?
Median gross rent is $1,365/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167721600?
13.8% of residents in tract 48167721600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,962.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167721600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 70th, minority 66th, housing 66th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167721600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.03× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48167721600 compare to Kemah overall?
Tract 48167721600 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Kemah at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kemah; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kemah
Top eight tracts in Kemah ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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