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Ridge Top Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin

Tract 48453002105 · Travis, TX · pop 4,818 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 48453002105 sits in the Ridge Top area of Austin eviction risk, Texas eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,317 monthly, set against $53,600 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 85% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 37% Owners 14%
Tract context
Occupied units2,191
Renter share85.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$53,600

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Ridge Top
Moderate
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 239 tracts In Austin
Very High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#24 of 290 tracts In Travis
Very High
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#1,336 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.3149, -97.7056 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridge Top scores 5.4

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
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,317 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Ridge Top compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ridge Top risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 002105Austin: 2.92.9Austinparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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)

  • 1,462Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 7.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.0%Peak (2011)
  • 185Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 484530021052001: 69 filings (3.82/100 renter HHs)2002: 59 filings (3.27/100 renter HHs)2003: 73 filings (4.04/100 renter HHs)2004: 57 filings (3.15/100 renter HHs)2005: 114 filings (6.78/100 renter HHs)2006: 131 filings (7.79/100 renter HHs)2007: 158 filings (9.39/100 renter HHs)2008: 120 filings (7.13/100 renter HHs)2009: 124 filings (7.37/100 renter HHs)2010: 132 filings (8.99/100 renter HHs)2011: 240 filings (12.99/100 renter HHs)2012: 185 filings (10.01/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 168% over the past 12 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ridge Top

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 above 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 Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48453002105

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453002105?

Census tract 48453002105 in the Ridge Top neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 48453002105?

Median gross rent is $1,317/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453002105?

25.1% of residents in tract 48453002105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,818.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453002105?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 85th, minority 81th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 48453002105 considered part of Ridge Top?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453002105 fall within Ridge Top (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453002105?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,462 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453002105 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.06% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48453002105 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453002105 scores 5.4/10, 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 48453002105 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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