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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Wildflower Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin

Tract 48453044200 · Travis, TX · pop 5,684 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 48453044200 in the Wildflower area of Austin, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,684 residents. This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 39% Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units3,225
Renter share79.1%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$70,939

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wildflower
Moderate
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 239 tracts In Austin
Elevated
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 290 tracts In Travis
Elevated
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#1,261 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.4301, -97.6633 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wildflower scores 4.8

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
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,484 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 Wildflower compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wildflower risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0442004.0Austinparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 51

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

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wildflower

The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 44.8% across Travis County.

At $1,484 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Austin commands. Against the Travis County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $70,939.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48453044200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453044200?

Census tract 48453044200 in the Wildflower neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 48453044200?

Median gross rent is $1,484/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453044200?

11.4% of residents in tract 48453044200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,684.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453044200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 4th, minority 85th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 48453044200 considered part of Wildflower?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453044200 fall within Wildflower (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 48453044200 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453044200 scores 4.8/10, 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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