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Rockwall Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 48397040514 · Rockwall, TX · pop 3,066 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Rockwall

In Rockwall, census tract 48397040514 scores 3.9/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 10% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 16% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $142,019 a year. About 2% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

1.3

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 2% Owners 98%

Tract context

Occupied units1,196

Renter share2.1%

SVI overall0.22

Poverty rate6.6%

Median income$142,019

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rockwall and the region

Centroid at 32.8558, -96.3301 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rockwall scores 1.3

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

6.6% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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

31%Socioeconomic
47%Household composition
26%Racial/ethnic minority
14%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rockwall

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Rockwall, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Rockwall County average of 4.4 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 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 48397040514

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48397040514?

Census tract 48397040514 in Rockwall scores 1.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 48397040514?

6.6% of residents in tract 48397040514 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,066.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48397040514?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 47th, minority 26th, housing 14th.

How does tract 48397040514 compare to Rockwall overall?

Tract 48397040514 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Rockwall at 2.2/10. 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.