Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
MLK-183 Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin
Tract 48453002110 · Travis, TX · pop 4,037 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 48453002110 covers part of the MLK-183 area of Austin, TX, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,037 residents. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,496
Renter share32.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$119,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Austin and the region
Centroid at 30.2741, -97.6772 · click any tract to drill in
Why MLK-183 scores 4.3
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
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,738 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 MLK-183 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
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)
- 474Total filings over 12 yrs
- 7.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.2%Peak (2004)
- 24Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 12 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in MLK-183
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 52% here against 44.8% across Travis County.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.7% against 11.3% nationally.
Court records carry 474 eviction filings across 12 observed years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 17.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48453002110
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453002110?
Census tract 48453002110 in the MLK-183 neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 48453002110?
Median gross rent is $1,738/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48453002110?
18.9% of residents in tract 48453002110 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,037.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48453002110?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 88th, minority 79th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 48453002110 considered part of MLK-183?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453002110 fall within MLK-183 (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453002110?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 474 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453002110 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.29% of renter households, peaking at 17.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48453002110 compare to Austin overall?
Tract 48453002110 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Austin at 4/10. 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.
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