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Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Galveston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48167725900 · Galveston, TX · pop 2,931

With a score of 5.3/10, tract 48167725900 in Galveston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 44% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,570
Renter share73.9%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$57,656

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 23 tracts In Galveston
Low
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 102 tracts In Galveston
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#330 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
National
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#28,095 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Galveston and the region

Centroid at 29.2607, -94.8608 · click any tract to drill in

Why Galveston scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,389 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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.
Galveston risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 7259004.4Galvestonparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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)

  • 159Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.98×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 Galveston

74% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Galveston County average of 4.0. Cost burden runs 41% here against 46.2% across Galveston County.

That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.7/10.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,389, close to the Galveston average.

Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $57,656.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48167725900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167725900?

Census tract 48167725900 in Galveston scores 5.3/10 (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 48167725900?

Median gross rent is $1,389/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48167725900?

11.9% of residents in tract 48167725900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,931.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48167725900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 19th, minority 60th, housing 62th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48167725900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.98× 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 48167725900 compare to Galveston overall?

Tract 48167725900 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Galveston at 4.4/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Galveston

Top eight tracts in Galveston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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