Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
La Marque Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167722800 · Galveston, TX · pop 3,035
Census tract 48167722800 covers part of La Marque, TX, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,035. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,066
Renter share45.6%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$46,429
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across La Marque and the region
Centroid at 29.3658, -94.9646 · click any tract to drill in
Why La Marque scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from La Marque
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,377 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from La Marque
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from La Marque
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from La Marque
7.6
How La Marque compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 215Total filings 2020-21
- 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 La Marque
Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10. Set annual rent against average income of $46,429 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Galveston County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
Adults with no health insurance runs 22.2% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 49% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167722800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167722800?
Census tract 48167722800 in La Marque 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 48167722800?
Median gross rent is $1,377/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167722800?
25.1% of residents in tract 48167722800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,035.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167722800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 95th, minority 82th, housing 95th.
Q5
How does tract 48167722800 compare to La Marque overall?
Tract 48167722800 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of La Marque at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from La Marque; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in La Marque
Top eight tracts in La Marque ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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