Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Zilker Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin

Tract 48453001923 · Travis, TX · pop 3,422 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Zilker in Austin is where census tract 48453001923 sits, home to 3,422 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.5/10. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,671 a month against an average household income of $91,906 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 30% Owners 40%

Tract context

Occupied units1,999

Renter share59.5%

SVI overall0.16

Poverty rate11.2%

Median income$91,906

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.2563, -97.7792 · click any tract to drill in

Why Zilker scores 3.6

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

11.2% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,671 rent vs county FMR

3.6

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 Zilker compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

35%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
49%Racial/ethnic minority
16%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
0%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.

Comparable tracts

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Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Zilker

The heaviest input here 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 above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

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

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th 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 48453001923

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453001923?

Census tract 48453001923 in the Zilker neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 48453001923?

Median gross rent is $1,671/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453001923?

11.2% of residents in tract 48453001923 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,422.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453001923?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 8th, minority 49th, housing 16th.

Is tract 48453001923 considered part of Zilker?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453001923 fall within Zilker (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 48453001923 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453001923 scores 3.6/10, 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.

Was tract 48453001923 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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