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Lakeshore Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin

Tract 48453002304 · Travis, TX · pop 3,850 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

For landlords sizing up the Lakeshore neighborhood of Austin, census tract 48453002304 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. That is riskier than about 24% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,931 a month while the average household earns $115,962 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 97% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 73% Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units2,794
Renter share97.0%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$115,962

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Lakeshore
Very Low
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#193 of 239 tracts In Austin
Very Low
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#203 of 290 tracts In Travis
Low
Within state
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#5,298 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.2435, -97.7233 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lakeshore scores 2.6

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
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,931 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Lakeshore compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lakeshore risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.62.6This tracttract 002304Austin: 2.92.9Austinparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 1,321Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 6.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.3%Peak (2009)
  • 94Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 484530023042001: 55 filings (2.08/100 renter HHs)2002: 63 filings (2.38/100 renter HHs)2003: 80 filings (3.02/100 renter HHs)2004: 67 filings (2.53/100 renter HHs)2005: 111 filings (6.60/100 renter HHs)2006: 133 filings (7.91/100 renter HHs)2007: 158 filings (9.40/100 renter HHs)2008: 108 filings (6.42/100 renter HHs)2009: 173 filings (10.29/100 renter HHs)2010: 155 filings (13.42/100 renter HHs)2011: 124 filings (7.73/100 renter HHs)2012: 94 filings (5.86/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 71% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lakeshore. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lakeshore

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 below the Travis County average of 5.2 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,321 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 6.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.3% of renter households in 2009.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), 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 48453002304

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453002304?

Census tract 48453002304 in the Lakeshore neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 48453002304?

Median gross rent is $1,931/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453002304?

2.2% of residents in tract 48453002304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,850.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453002304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 1th, minority 60th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 48453002304 considered part of Lakeshore?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453002304 fall within Lakeshore (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453002304?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,321 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453002304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.47% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48453002304 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453002304 scores 2.6/10, lower 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 48453002304 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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