Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Route 66 Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Amarillo

Tract 48375013200 · Potter, TX · pop 1,614 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

The Route 66 Historic District area of Amarillo anchors census tract 48375013200, which lands at 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 19% of US census tracts.

About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $883 a month against an average household income of $79,615 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 19% Owners 65%

Tract context

Occupied units650

Renter share35.1%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate9.7%

Median income$79,615

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Amarillo and the region

Centroid at 35.2140, -101.8922 · click any tract to drill in

Why Route 66 Historic District scores 3.9

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

9.7% poverty · this tract

2.4

Supply constraint

$883 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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: 76

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

58%Socioeconomic
92%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
74%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
0%Grade C
12%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

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 2.6/10. 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 Amarillo eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Potter County average of 4.6 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 12% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48375013200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48375013200?

Census tract 48375013200 in the Route 66 Historic District neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 48375013200?

Median gross rent is $883/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48375013200?

9.7% of residents in tract 48375013200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,614.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48375013200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 92th, minority 48th, housing 74th.

Is tract 48375013200 considered part of Route 66 Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48375013200 fall within Route 66 Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 48375013200 compare to Amarillo overall?

Tract 48375013200 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Amarillo at 2.5/10. 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 48375013200 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. 12% 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.