Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Galveston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167724400 · Galveston, TX · pop 3,704
Census tract 48167724400 runs through Galveston. With 3,704 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,156 a month against an average household income of $53,973 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,644
Renter share52.2%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$53,973
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Galveston and the region
Centroid at 29.2990, -94.7844 · click any tract to drill in
Why Galveston scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Galveston
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,156 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Galveston
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Galveston
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Galveston
7.8
How Galveston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 21%Grade A
- 50%Grade B
- 29%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 145Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 24.17×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 Galveston
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Galveston, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Galveston County average of 5.0 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167724400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167724400?
Census tract 48167724400 in Galveston 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 48167724400?
Median gross rent is $1,156/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167724400?
18.3% of residents in tract 48167724400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,704.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167724400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 62th, minority 66th, housing 98th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167724400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 24.17× 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 48167724400 compare to Galveston overall?
Tract 48167724400 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Galveston at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Galveston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 48167724400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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