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Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

Westfield Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin

Tract 48453001602 · Travis, TX · pop 2,892 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

For landlords sizing up the Westfield area of Austin, census tract 48453001602 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It lands near the 48th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,386 monthly, set against $80,851 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 68% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 33% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,476
Renter share68.3%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$80,851

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Westfield
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#120 of 239 tracts In Austin
Moderate
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#132 of 290 tracts In Travis
Moderate
Within state
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#4,027 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.2901, -97.7782 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westfield scores 3.5

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
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,386 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Westfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westfield risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 001602Austin: 2.92.9Austinparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 59Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 0.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.8%Peak (2009)
  • 2Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 484530016022001: 4 filings (0.28/100 renter HHs)2002: 8 filings (0.55/100 renter HHs)2003: 1 filings (0.07/100 renter HHs)2004: 6 filings (0.41/100 renter HHs)2005: 4 filings (0.31/100 renter HHs)2006: 5 filings (0.39/100 renter HHs)2007: 8 filings (0.62/100 renter HHs)2008: 8 filings (0.62/100 renter HHs)2009: 10 filings (0.78/100 renter HHs)2010: 2 filings (0.17/100 renter HHs)2011: 1 filings (0.09/100 renter HHs)2012: 2 filings (0.18/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 12 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westfield

The score leans hardest on 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.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 23rd 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.

Part of this tract, about 3% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48453001602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453001602?

Census tract 48453001602 in the Westfield 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 48453001602?

Median gross rent is $1,386/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453001602?

7.2% of residents in tract 48453001602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,892.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453001602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 3th, minority 57th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 48453001602 considered part of Westfield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453001602 fall within Westfield (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453001602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 59 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453001602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.37% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48453001602 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453001602 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 48453001602 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 3% 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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