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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Las Palmas Del Valle Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mercedes

Tract 48215023000 · Hidalgo, TX · pop 6,088 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

48215023000 is a census tract in the Las Palmas Del Valle area of Mercedes, TX. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,088. 60% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Hidalgo County average of 42.3%.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 19% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,043
Renter share47.1%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate36.2%
Median income$27,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Las Palmas Del Valle
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Mercedes
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 212 tracts In Hidalgo
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#108 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mercedes and the region

Centroid at 26.1420, -97.8917 · click any tract to drill in

Why Las Palmas Del Valle scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mercedes
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
36.2% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$554 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mercedes
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mercedes
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mercedes
9.0

How Las Palmas Del Valle compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Las Palmas Del Valle risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0230004.0Mercedesparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Las Palmas Del Valle. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Las Palmas Del Valle

Adults with no health insurance runs 39.2% against 11.3% nationally. What pushes it up most is housing-court posture at 9/10.

The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9/10. At $554 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Mercedes commands. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

It sits 1.5 points above the Hidalgo County average of 3.9. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $27,813.

47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48215023000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48215023000?

Census tract 48215023000 in the Las Palmas Del Valle neighborhood 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 48215023000?

Median gross rent is $554/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48215023000?

36.2% of residents in tract 48215023000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,088.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48215023000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 99th, minority 93th, housing 85th.
Q5

Is tract 48215023000 considered part of Las Palmas Del Valle?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48215023000 fall within Las Palmas Del Valle (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 48215023000 compare to Mercedes overall?

Tract 48215023000 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Mercedes at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mercedes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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