Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Old Town Eviction Risk: Lower , Beaumont

Tract 48245001100 · Jefferson, TX · pop 2,602 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 48245001100 in the Old Town area of Beaumont, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 24% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units1,108

Renter share40.3%

SVI overall0.71

Poverty rate8.8%

Median income$81,071

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Beaumont and the region

Centroid at 30.0906, -94.1250 · click any tract to drill in

Why Old Town scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Beaumont

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.9

State political climate

Texas legislature & governorship

1.5

Economic stress

8.8% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$1,116 rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Beaumont

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Beaumont

3.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Beaumont

3.0

How Old Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

74%Socioeconomic
73%Household composition
76%Racial/ethnic minority
44%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

25%Grade A
6%Grade B
15%Grade C
10%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Old Town. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Old Town

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against the Jefferson County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Jefferson County average of 44.6%.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $81,071, annual rent is just 17%.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Average gross rent is $1,116, close to the Beaumont average.

40% 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 48245001100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48245001100?

Census tract 48245001100 in the Old Town neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 48245001100?

Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48245001100?

8.8% of residents in tract 48245001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,602.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48245001100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 73th, minority 76th, housing 44th.

Is tract 48245001100 considered part of Old Town?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48245001100 fall within Old Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 48245001100 compare to Beaumont overall?

Tract 48245001100 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Beaumont at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Beaumont eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 48245001100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 10% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

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