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Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Texas City Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48167722300 · Galveston, TX · pop 7,283

Tract 48167722300 sits in Texas eviction laws City, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Population here is 7,283. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 36% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,593
Renter share55.6%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate23.7%
Median income$56,110

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 13 tracts In Texas City
High
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#28 of 102 tracts In Galveston
Elevated
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#1,569 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
National
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#37,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Texas City and the region

Centroid at 29.3901, -94.9241 · click any tract to drill in

Why Texas City scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
23.7% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,315 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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.
Texas City risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 7223003.3Texas Cityparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 982Total filings 2020-21
  • 12.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 13.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.94×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 Texas City

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Cost burden runs 34% here against 46.2% across Galveston County. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.5% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

It sits 0.7 points above the Galveston County average of 4.0. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,315, close to the Texas City average.

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 48167722300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167722300?

Census tract 48167722300 in Texas City scores 4.7/10 (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 48167722300?

Median gross rent is $1,315/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48167722300?

23.7% of residents in tract 48167722300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,283.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48167722300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 95th, minority 82th, housing 58th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48167722300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.94× 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 48167722300 compare to Texas City overall?

Tract 48167722300 scores 4.7/10, 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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