Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Ideal Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin
Tract 48453000302 · Travis, TX · pop 5,474 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 48453000302 belongs to the Ideal Place area of Austin, Texas. It is home to 5,474 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #37,545 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,307 monthly, set against $61,763 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units3,307
Renter share76.7%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$61,763
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Austin and the region
Centroid at 30.3026, -97.7265 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ideal Place scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Austin
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,307 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Austin
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Austin
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Austin
4.5
How Ideal Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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.
- 23%Grade A
- 67%Grade B
- 0%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.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 222Total filings over 12 yrs
- 0.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.4%Peak (2002)
- 12Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ideal Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ideal Place
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Austin 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 Travis County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 222 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 0.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.4% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48453000302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453000302?
Census tract 48453000302 in the Ideal Place neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 48453000302?
Median gross rent is $1,307/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48453000302?
19.7% of residents in tract 48453000302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,474.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48453000302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 2th, minority 65th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 48453000302 considered part of Ideal Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453000302 fall within Ideal Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453000302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 222 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453000302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.85% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48453000302 compare to Austin overall?
Tract 48453000302 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Austin at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Austin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 48453000302 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.
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