Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally
Galveston Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 48167724600 · Galveston, TX · pop 1,724
Galveston is where census tract 48167724600 sits, home to 1,724 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.6/10. It lands near the 88th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $882 a month while the average household earns $22,944 a year, roughly 46% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units886
Renter share70.3%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate56.3%
Median income$22,944
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Galveston and the region
Centroid at 29.2977, -94.8081 · click any tract to drill in
Why Galveston scores 6.4
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
56.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$882 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 1%Grade A
- 21%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 77%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)
- 203Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg 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 Galveston
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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 Galveston, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 77% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 98th 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 48167724600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167724600?
Census tract 48167724600 in Galveston scores 6.4/10 (Elevated 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 48167724600?
Median gross rent is $882/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167724600?
56.3% of residents in tract 48167724600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,724.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167724600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 99th, minority 86th, housing 62th.
Q5
How does tract 48167724600 compare to Galveston overall?
Tract 48167724600 scores 6.4/10, 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.
Q6
Was tract 48167724600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 77% 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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Top eight tracts in Galveston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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