Central City Eviction Risk: Elevated , Corpus Christi
Tract 48355001601 · Nueces, TX · pop 4,634 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
The Central City neighborhood of Corpus Christi is where census tract 48355001601 sits, home to 4,634 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.5/10. It lands near the 55th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,152 monthly, set against $40,278 in average yearly household income, roughly 34% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Corpus Christi and the region
Centroid at 27.7729, -97.4306 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central City scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Central City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%Housing & transportation
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 91Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2015)
- 33Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Central City. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What drives eviction risk in Central City
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 7.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Corpus Christi eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Nueces County average of 5.0 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 91 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 5.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.2% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 48355001601
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