Forum Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters. It tracks the Travis County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,733, close to the Austin average.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $90,054.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.