Cost burden runs about a quarter here against 37.8% across Hunt County. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.3/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Against the Hunt County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $69,338, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.
Average gross rent is $955, close to the Celeste average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48231960300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48231960300?
Census tract 48231960300 in Celeste scores 4.7/10 (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 48231960300?
Median gross rent is $955/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48231960300?
19.1% of residents in tract 48231960300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,321.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48231960300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 73th, minority 31th, housing 55th.
Q5
How does tract 48231960300 compare to Celeste overall?
Tract 48231960300 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Celeste at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Celeste; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.