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Highland Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin

Tract 48453030600 · Travis, TX · pop 5,820 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

The Highland Hills neighborhood of Austin is where census tract 48453030600 sits, home to 5,820 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.3/10. That is riskier than about 48% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,849 monthly, set against $102,560 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 32% Owners 40%

Tract context

Occupied units3,456

Renter share59.8%

SVI overall0.20

Poverty rate7.7%

Median income$102,560

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.3483, -97.7610 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Hills scores 3.2

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

7.7% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$1,849 rent vs county FMR

4.5

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 Highland Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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

33%Socioeconomic
3%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
49%Housing & transportation

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.

2%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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland Hills

The score leans hardest on 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 A ("Best"), 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 20th 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 48453030600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453030600?

Census tract 48453030600 in the Highland Hills neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 48453030600?

Median gross rent is $1,849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453030600?

7.7% of residents in tract 48453030600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,820.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453030600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 3th, minority 40th, housing 49th.

Is tract 48453030600 considered part of Highland Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453030600 fall within Highland Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 48453030600 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453030600 scores 3.2/10, 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 48453030600 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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