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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Roosevelt School Colonia Eviction Risk: Moderate , Weslaco

Tract 48215022600 · Hidalgo, TX · pop 1,958 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 48215022600 in the Roosevelt School Colonia area of Weslaco, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 24% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units696
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate33.8%
Median income$45,556

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Roosevelt School Colonia
Moderate
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 11 tracts In Weslaco
High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 212 tracts In Hidalgo
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#1,261 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Weslaco and the region

Centroid at 26.1644, -97.9866 · click any tract to drill in

Why Roosevelt School Colonia scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Weslaco
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
33.8% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$763 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Weslaco
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Weslaco
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Weslaco
7.5

How Roosevelt School Colonia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Roosevelt School Colonia risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0226004.0Weslacoparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Roosevelt School Colonia. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Roosevelt School Colonia

Adults with no health insurance runs 42.6% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1/10. The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Disability prevalence runs 48.7% against 31.5% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.

At $763 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Weslaco commands. Against the Hidalgo County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Cost burden runs 47% here against 42.3% across Hidalgo County.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $45,556.

45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48215022600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48215022600?

Census tract 48215022600 in the Roosevelt School Colonia neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 48215022600?

Median gross rent is $763/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48215022600?

33.8% of residents in tract 48215022600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,958.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48215022600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 99th, minority 98th, housing 26th.
Q5

Is tract 48215022600 considered part of Roosevelt School Colonia?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48215022600 fall within Roosevelt School Colonia (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 48215022600 compare to Weslaco overall?

Tract 48215022600 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Weslaco at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Weslaco; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Weslaco

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

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