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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Dawson Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin

Tract 48453001308 · Travis, TX · pop 3,191 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

48453001308 is a census tract in the Dawson area of Austin, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 36% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,750
Renter share63.4%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$113,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Dawson
Moderate
Within parent city
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#205 of 239 tracts In Austin
Very Low
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#216 of 290 tracts In Travis
Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.2327, -97.7618 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dawson scores 3

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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,740 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Dawson compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dawson risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0013084.0Austinparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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)

  • 592Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 5.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.6%Peak (2003)
  • 16Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48453001308
Filings dropped 72% over the past 12 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dawson

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Disability prevalence runs 18.8% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Travis County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.

Court records carry 592 eviction filings across 12 observed years. The worst year on record was 2003, when 10.6% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48453001308

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453001308?

Census tract 48453001308 in the Dawson neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48453001308?

Median gross rent is $1,740/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453001308?

3.4% of residents in tract 48453001308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,191.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453001308?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 2th, minority 66th, housing 51th.
Q5

Is tract 48453001308 considered part of Dawson?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453001308 fall within Dawson (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453001308?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 592 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453001308 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.85% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48453001308 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453001308 scores 3/10, lower 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 48453001308 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. 6% 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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