Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
The Drag Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin
Tract 48453000601 · Travis, TX · pop 10,105 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
48453000601 is a census tract in the The Drag area of Austin, TX. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 10,105 residents. 55% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 60%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units436
Renter share97.5%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate71.6%
Median income$16,591
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Austin and the region
Centroid at 30.2874, -97.7380 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Drag scores 5.4
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
71.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,176 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 The Drag compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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.
- 6%Grade A
- 32%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)
- 13Total filings over 6 yrs
- 0.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.9%Peak (2010)
- 1Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
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Within The Drag. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Drag
Annualized rent equals 85% of average household income of $16,591, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Travis County average of 44.8%. The poverty rate is 72%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 97% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. At $1,176 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Austin commands.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Travis County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
Adults with no health insurance runs 20.4% against 11.3% nationally. Court records carry 13 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 0.9% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48453000601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453000601?
Census tract 48453000601 in the The Drag neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 48453000601?
Median gross rent is $1,176/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48453000601?
71.6% of residents in tract 48453000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 10,105.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48453000601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 1th, minority 72th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 48453000601 considered part of The Drag?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453000601 fall within The Drag (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453000601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 48453000601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.58% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48453000601 compare to Austin overall?
Tract 48453000601 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Austin at 4/10. 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 48453000601 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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