Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Texas City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48167722001 · Galveston, TX · pop 6,539 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Texas City
Tract 48167722001, home to 6,539 residents in Texas City, scores 4.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 22nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,161 a month while the average household earns $87,542 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,638
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$87,542
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Texas City and the region
Centroid at 29.4183, -94.9252 · click any tract to drill in
Why Texas City scores 3.3
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
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,161 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 332Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.84×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 Texas City
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 2.6/10. 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 Texas eviction laws City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores 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 White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.84x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167722001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167722001?
Census tract 48167722001 in Texas City scores 3.3/10 (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 48167722001?
Median gross rent is $1,161/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167722001?
6.7% of residents in tract 48167722001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,539.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167722001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 74th, minority 64th, housing 12th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167722001 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.84× 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 48167722001 compare to Texas City overall?
Tract 48167722001 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Texas City at 2.4/10. 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.
Tract · TX
48167722200
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48167722300
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167722700
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167722600
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167723100
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167721902
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167726200
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167722100
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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