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The Centrum Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin

Tract 48453041400 · Travis, TX · pop 2,838 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

48453041400 is a census tract in the The Centrum area of Austin, TX. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 38% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,550
Renter share62.8%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$77,031

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In The Centrum
Moderate
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#99 of 239 tracts In Austin
Elevated
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#104 of 290 tracts In Travis
Elevated
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#2,131 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.4164, -97.7128 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Centrum scores 4.4

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
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,567 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 The Centrum compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
The Centrum risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 0414004.0Austinparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in The Centrum

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 19.3% against 31.5% nationally. Against Travis County at 44.8%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $1,567 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Austin commands.

That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.3/10 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.

It tracks the Travis County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $77,031. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48453041400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453041400?

Census tract 48453041400 in the The Centrum neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 48453041400?

Median gross rent is $1,567/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453041400?

9.9% of residents in tract 48453041400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,838.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453041400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 7th, minority 35th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 48453041400 considered part of The Centrum?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453041400 fall within The Centrum (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 48453041400 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453041400 scores 4.4/10, 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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