Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Rockwall Downes Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48397040305 · Rockwall, TX · pop 3,732 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 48397040305 sits in the Rockwall Downes area of Rockwall, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It is home to 3,732 residents. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 33% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,624

Renter share61.5%

SVI overall0.43

Poverty rate7.9%

Median income$86,300

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rockwall and the region

Centroid at 32.9225, -96.4385 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rockwall Downes scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Rockwall

3.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.1

State political climate

Texas legislature & governorship

1.5

Economic stress

7.9% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$1,741 rent vs county FMR

4.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Rockwall

6.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Rockwall

5.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Rockwall

4.4

How Rockwall Downes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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

51%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
51%Racial/ethnic minority
46%Housing & transportation

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rockwall Downes

The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10.

Against the Rockwall County average of 3.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Average gross rent is $1,741, 11% below the Rockwall average.

That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $86,300.

62% 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 48397040305

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48397040305?

Census tract 48397040305 in the Rockwall Downes neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 48397040305?

Median gross rent is $1,741/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48397040305?

7.9% of residents in tract 48397040305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,732.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48397040305?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 23th, minority 51th, housing 46th.

Is tract 48397040305 considered part of Rockwall Downes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48397040305 fall within Rockwall Downes (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 48397040305 compare to Rockwall overall?

Tract 48397040305 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Rockwall at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rockwall; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Rockwall

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