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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Bacliff Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48167721701 · Galveston, TX · pop 2,998

48167721701 is a census tract in Bacliff, TX. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 14% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,115
Renter share43.7%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate33.0%
Median income$38,678

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Bacliff
Very High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 102 tracts In Galveston
High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#108 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bacliff and the region

Centroid at 29.5087, -94.9852 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bacliff scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bacliff
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
33.0% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,030 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bacliff
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bacliff
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bacliff
8.7

How Bacliff compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bacliff risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 7217014.0Bacliffparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 355Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.18×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bacliff

Cost burden runs 67% here against 46.2% across Galveston County. The dominant input is housing-court posture at 8.7/10.

At $1,030 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Bacliff commands. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 26.7% against 11.3% nationally. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Galveston County average of 4.0. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $38,678.

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 48167721701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167721701?

Census tract 48167721701 in Bacliff scores 5.4/10 (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 48167721701?

Median gross rent is $1,030/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48167721701?

33.0% of residents in tract 48167721701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,998.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48167721701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 99th, minority 71th, housing 53th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48167721701 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.18× 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 48167721701 compare to Bacliff overall?

Tract 48167721701 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Bacliff at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bacliff; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bacliff

Top eight tracts in Bacliff ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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