Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
East Austin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48453000803 · Travis, TX · pop 3,300 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
The East Austin area of Austin is where census tract 48453000803 sits, home to 3,300 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.4/10. That is riskier than about 52% of US census tracts.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,897 a month while the average household earns $83,833 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,000
Renter share47.6%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$83,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Austin and the region
Centroid at 30.2768, -97.7205 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Austin scores 3.5
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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,897 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 East Austin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 99%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)
- 206Total filings over 12 yrs
- 4.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2002)
- 9Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 12 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Austin
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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 99% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 206 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 4.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.0% 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 48453000803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453000803?
Census tract 48453000803 in the East Austin neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 48453000803?
Median gross rent is $1,897/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48453000803?
7.5% of residents in tract 48453000803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,300.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48453000803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 2th, minority 63th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 48453000803 considered part of East Austin?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453000803 fall within East Austin (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453000803?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 206 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453000803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.37% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48453000803 compare to Austin overall?
Tract 48453000803 scores 3.5/10, 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 48453000803 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 99% 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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