Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Route 66 Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Amarillo

Tract 48375012000 · Potter, TX · pop 1,425 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

48375012000 is a census tract in the Route 66 Historic District area of Amarillo, TX. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,425 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 33.1% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 27% Owners 41%

Tract context

Occupied units641

Renter share58.0%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate28.0%

Median income$35,049

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Amarillo and the region

Centroid at 35.2151, -101.8597 · click any tract to drill in

Why Route 66 Historic District scores 4.5

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

28.0% poverty · this tract

7.0

Supply constraint

$711 rent vs county FMR

1.1

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: 98

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

100%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
79%Racial/ethnic minority
75%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
1%Grade B
16%Grade C
83%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

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 51.0% against 31.5% nationally.

At $711 a month, rents run 35% under what the rest of Amarillo commands. Against Potter County at 42.1%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

It sits 0.8 points above the Potter County average of 3.7. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Amarillo. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.8/10.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48375012000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48375012000?

Census tract 48375012000 in the Route 66 Historic District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 48375012000?

Median gross rent is $711/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48375012000?

28.0% of residents in tract 48375012000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,425.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48375012000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 95th, minority 79th, housing 75th.

Is tract 48375012000 considered part of Route 66 Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48375012000 fall within Route 66 Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 48375012000 compare to Amarillo overall?

Tract 48375012000 scores 4.5/10, higher than 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 48375012000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 83% 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

Highest-risk tracts in Amarillo

Top eight tracts in Amarillo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.