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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Murillo Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48215023529 · Hidalgo, TX · pop 8,167 · 23% of tract blocks fall in Murillo

Census tract 48215023529 covers part of Murillo, TX, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 8,167. Severe burden reaches 61%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 4% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,258
Renter share9.9%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate50.1%
Median income$27,930

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Murillo
Very High
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 212 tracts In Hidalgo
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#1,025 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Murillo and the region

Centroid at 26.2703, -98.0782 · click any tract to drill in

Why Murillo scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Murillo
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
50.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Murillo
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Murillo
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Murillo
8.4

How Murillo compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Murillo risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 0235293.6Murilloparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Murillo

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Hidalgo County average of 42.3%. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 49.7% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 50%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Disability prevalence runs 48.6% against 31.5% nationally.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Against the Hidalgo County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48215023529

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48215023529?

Census tract 48215023529 in Murillo scores 5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 48215023529?

50.1% of residents in tract 48215023529 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,167.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 48215023529?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 82th, minority 96th, housing 42th.
Q4

How does tract 48215023529 compare to Murillo overall?

Tract 48215023529 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Murillo at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Murillo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Murillo

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

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