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

Route 66 Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Amarillo

Tract 48375011800 · Potter, TX · pop 4,277 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 48375011800 covers part of the Route 66 Historic District area of Amarillo, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,277. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 35% Owners 50%

Tract context

Occupied units1,825

Renter share50.0%

SVI overall0.79

Poverty rate9.1%

Median income$69,543

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Amarillo and the region

Centroid at 35.2012, -101.8940 · click any tract to drill in

Why Route 66 Historic District scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Amarillo

2.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.1

State political climate

Texas legislature & governorship

1.5

Economic stress

9.1% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$1,186 rent vs county FMR

5.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Amarillo

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Amarillo

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Amarillo

2.0

How Route 66 Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

60%Socioeconomic
70%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
91%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
57%Grade B
1%Grade C
0%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 Route 66 Historic District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Route 66 Historic District

Cost burden runs 29% here against 42.1% across Potter County. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. It sits 0.7 points below the Potter County average of 3.7.

Average gross rent is $1,186, 9% above the Amarillo average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $69,543. 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48375011800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48375011800?

Census tract 48375011800 in the Route 66 Historic District 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 48375011800?

Median gross rent is $1,186/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48375011800?

9.1% of residents in tract 48375011800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,277.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48375011800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 70th, minority 63th, housing 91th.

Is tract 48375011800 considered part of Route 66 Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48375011800 fall within Route 66 Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 48375011800 compare to Amarillo overall?

Tract 48375011800 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Amarillo at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Amarillo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 48375011800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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