Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Medical District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin
Tract 48453000700 · Travis, TX · pop 1,321 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 48453000700 belongs to the Medical District neighborhood of Austin, Texas. It is home to 1,321 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 55th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,593 a month against an average household income of $92,941 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units836
Renter share61.2%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$92,941
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Austin and the region
Centroid at 30.2777, -97.7411 · click any tract to drill in
Why Medical District scores 4.2
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
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,593 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Medical District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 24%Grade A
- 28%Grade B
- 38%Grade C
- 3%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)
- 51Total filings over 11 yrs
- 0.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2008)
- 9Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 29% over the past 12 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Medical District
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.
Part of this tract, about 3% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 51 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 0.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.9% of renter households in 2008.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48453000700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453000700?
Census tract 48453000700 in the Medical District neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 48453000700?
Median gross rent is $1,593/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48453000700?
21.5% of residents in tract 48453000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,321.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48453000700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 1th, minority 57th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 48453000700 considered part of Medical District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453000700 fall within Medical District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453000700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 48453000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.92% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48453000700 compare to Austin overall?
Tract 48453000700 scores 4.2/10, 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 48453000700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 3% 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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