Alton Eviction Risk: Moderate

The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.

Against Hidalgo County at 42.3%, 33% of renters here are cost-burdened. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Hidalgo County average of 3.9 closely.

Average gross rent is $986, close to the Alton average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $49,334.

34% 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.