Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
La Marque Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167722900 · Galveston, TX · pop 2,637
Census tract 48167722900 covers part of La Marque, TX, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,637 residents. Severe burden reaches 39%. 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 16%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,199
Renter share33.5%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$44,156
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
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 29.3633, -94.9801 · 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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,175 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 190Total filings 2020-21
- 2.5Avg 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
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10.
It sits 1.4 points above the Galveston County average of 4.0. Adults with no health insurance runs 23.6% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,175, 19% below the La Marque average.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10.
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 about half of renters. Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $44,156.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167722900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167722900?
Census tract 48167722900 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 48167722900?
Median gross rent is $1,175/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167722900?
17.7% of residents in tract 48167722900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,637.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167722900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 92th, minority 69th, housing 52th.
Q5
How does tract 48167722900 compare to La Marque overall?
Tract 48167722900 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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