Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Evergreen Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin

Tract 48453001310 · Travis, TX · pop 3,908 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

48453001310 is a census tract in the Evergreen Heights area of Austin, TX. It scores 4.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,908 residents. This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 43% Owners 21%

Tract context

Occupied units2,559

Renter share79.2%

SVI overall0.31

Poverty rate13.2%

Median income$94,780

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.2562, -97.7626 · click any tract to drill in

Why Evergreen Heights scores 4.3

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

13.2% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

$2,043 rent vs county FMR

5.5

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 Evergreen Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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

39%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
52%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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
8%Grade B
0%Grade C
92%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Evergreen Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Evergreen Heights

Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 17.2% against 31.5% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,043, 18% above the Austin average.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Travis County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $94,780.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48453001310

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453001310?

Census tract 48453001310 in the Evergreen Heights neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 48453001310?

Median gross rent is $2,043/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453001310?

13.2% of residents in tract 48453001310 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,908.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453001310?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 1th, minority 52th, housing 87th.

Is tract 48453001310 considered part of Evergreen Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453001310 fall within Evergreen Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 48453001310 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453001310 scores 4.3/10, 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.

Was tract 48453001310 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. 92% 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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