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Zilker Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin

Tract 48453001304 · Travis, TX · pop 3,966 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 48453001304 belongs to Zilker in Austin, Texas. It is home to 3,966 residents and scores 4.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 27% of US census tracts.

27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,895 monthly, set against $128,039 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 38% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units2,207
Renter share51.3%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$128,039

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Zilker
Very Low
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#209 of 239 tracts In Austin
Very Low
Within county
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#208 of 290 tracts In Travis
Low
Within state
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#5,447 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.2484, -97.7734 · click any tract to drill in

Why Zilker scores 2.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,895 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 Zilker compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Zilker risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.52.5This tracttract 001304Austin: 2.92.9Austinparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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

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.

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)

  • 217Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 1.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.3%Peak (2005)
  • 8Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 484530013042001: 27 filings (2.47/100 renter HHs)2002: 32 filings (2.93/100 renter HHs)2003: 32 filings (2.93/100 renter HHs)2004: 18 filings (1.65/100 renter HHs)2005: 50 filings (4.31/100 renter HHs)2006: 16 filings (1.38/100 renter HHs)2007: 5 filings (0.43/100 renter HHs)2008: 8 filings (0.69/100 renter HHs)2009: 9 filings (0.78/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (0.38/100 renter HHs)2011: 8 filings (0.79/100 renter HHs)2012: 8 filings (0.79/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 70% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

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Within Zilker. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Zilker

What moves this score most 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 below the Travis County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 32% 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48453001304

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453001304?

Census tract 48453001304 in the Zilker neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 48453001304?

Median gross rent is $1,895/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453001304?

5.0% of residents in tract 48453001304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,966.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453001304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 1th, minority 29th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 48453001304 considered part of Zilker?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453001304 fall within Zilker (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453001304?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 217 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453001304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.63% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48453001304 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453001304 scores 2.5/10, lower 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 48453001304 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. 32% 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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