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Govalle Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin

Tract 48453002111 · Travis, TX · pop 4,835 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 48453002111 sits in the Govalle area of Austin eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. It is home to 4,835 residents. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 28% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,204
Renter share48.5%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$142,905

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Govalle
Very Low
Within parent city
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#152 of 239 tracts In Austin
Low
Within county
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#154 of 290 tracts In Travis
Moderate
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#3,403 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.2571, -97.6854 · click any tract to drill in

Why Govalle 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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,487 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Govalle compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Govalle risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 0021114.0Austinparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

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)

  • 560Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 6.11%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.3%Peak (2012)
  • 82Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48453002111
Filings climbed 215% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Govalle. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Govalle

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

The filing record is not thin: 560 evictions over 12 years of observation. At $1,487 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Austin commands.

Adults with no health insurance runs 18.3% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2012, when 9.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $142,905, annual rent is just 12%.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48453002111

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453002111?

Census tract 48453002111 in the Govalle 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 48453002111?

Median gross rent is $1,487/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453002111?

16.1% of residents in tract 48453002111 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,835.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453002111?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 19th, minority 75th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 48453002111 considered part of Govalle?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453002111 fall within Govalle (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453002111?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 560 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453002111 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.11% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48453002111 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453002111 scores 3.6/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Austin

Top eight tracts in Austin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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