Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Texas City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48167721901 · Galveston, TX · pop 4,606 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Texas City
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 48167721901 in Texas City, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,606 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,264
Renter share39.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$75,893
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Texas City and the region
Centroid at 29.4353, -95.0430 · click any tract to drill in
Why Texas City scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Texas City
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,244 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Texas City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Texas City
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Texas City
2.4
How Texas City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 440Total filings 2020-21
- 5.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.26×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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Texas City
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. Against Galveston County at 46.2%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Galveston County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,244, close to the Texas City average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $75,893. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167721901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167721901?
Census tract 48167721901 in Texas City scores 3.9/10 (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 average rent in tract 48167721901?
Median gross rent is $1,244/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167721901?
13.9% of residents in tract 48167721901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,606.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167721901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 81th, minority 65th, housing 36th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167721901 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.26× 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 48167721901 compare to Texas City overall?
Tract 48167721901 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Texas City at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Texas eviction laws City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Texas City
Top eight tracts in Texas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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48167723100
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48167721902
4.7
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48167722200
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167722300
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167722600
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167722700
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167726200
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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