Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Westpark Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin
Tract 48453001911 · Travis, TX · pop 3,018 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 48453001911 (Westpark in Austin, Texas) comes in at $1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 37th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,828 monthly, set against $91,136 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 92% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 55%
Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units1,860
Renter share92.4%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$91,136
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
35
th percentile
Low
Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Austin and the region
Centroid at 30.2593, -97.7857 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westpark scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,828 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Westpark compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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.
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)
- 289Total filings over 12 yrs
- 1.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2002)
- 10Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westpark
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 in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 289 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.1% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48453001911
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453001911?
Census tract 48453001911 in the Westpark neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 48453001911?
Median gross rent is $1,828/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48453001911?
3.2% of residents in tract 48453001911 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,018.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48453001911?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 2th, minority 56th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 48453001911 considered part of Westpark?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453001911 fall within Westpark (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453001911?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 289 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453001911 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.47% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48453001911 compare to Austin overall?
Tract 48453001911 scores 3.1/10, right in line with 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 48453001911 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. 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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