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

Bacliff Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48167721703 · Galveston, TX · pop 3,788 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Bacliff

Tract 48167721703 sits in Bacliff, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 3,788 residents. 50% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 8% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,581
Renter share32.8%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$55,028

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Bacliff
Very Low
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#16 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 29.4943, -94.9706 · 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
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,983 rent vs county FMR
8.0
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 7217034.0Bacliffparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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)

  • 183Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.92×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below 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

75% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Galveston County average of 46.2%. Set annual rent against average income of $55,028 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The score leans hardest on housing-court posture at 8.7/10.

At $1,983 a month, rents run 32% over what the rest of Bacliff commands. The voucher gap is 29.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Galveston County average of 4.0. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 48167721703

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167721703?

Census tract 48167721703 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 48167721703?

Median gross rent is $1,983/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48167721703?

21.8% of residents in tract 48167721703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,788.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48167721703?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 76th, minority 64th, housing 18th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48167721703 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.92× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6

How does tract 48167721703 compare to Bacliff overall?

Tract 48167721703 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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