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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Elmhurst Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin

Tract 48453001403 · Travis, TX · pop 1,477 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 48453001403 sits in Elmhurst Heights in Austin eviction risk, Texas eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. On the national scale it ranks #52,967 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,409 monthly, set against $65,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 71% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 50% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units860
Renter share71.4%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$65,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Elmhurst Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#50 of 239 tracts In Austin
High
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#53 of 290 tracts In Travis
High
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#2,641 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.2399, -97.7351 · click any tract to drill in

Why Elmhurst Heights scores 4.4

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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,409 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Elmhurst Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Elmhurst Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 001403Austin: 2.92.9Austinparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 241Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 4.08%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.9%Peak (2012)
  • 50Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 484530014032001: 12 filings (2.20/100 renter HHs)2002: 7 filings (1.28/100 renter HHs)2003: 11 filings (2.02/100 renter HHs)2004: 15 filings (2.75/100 renter HHs)2005: 14 filings (3.23/100 renter HHs)2006: 13 filings (3.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 29 filings (6.70/100 renter HHs)2008: 16 filings (3.70/100 renter HHs)2009: 15 filings (3.46/100 renter HHs)2010: 30 filings (6.49/100 renter HHs)2011: 29 filings (5.17/100 renter HHs)2012: 50 filings (8.91/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 317% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

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Within Elmhurst Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Elmhurst Heights

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 about the same as 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 11th 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 48453001403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453001403?

Census tract 48453001403 in the Elmhurst Heights neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 48453001403?

Median gross rent is $1,409/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453001403?

17.3% of residents in tract 48453001403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,477.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453001403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 1th, minority 53th, housing 24th.
Q5

Is tract 48453001403 considered part of Elmhurst Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453001403 fall within Elmhurst Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453001403?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 241 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453001403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.08% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48453001403 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453001403 scores 4.4/10, 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 48453001403 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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