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

Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Laredo

Tract 48479000800 · Webb, TX · pop 2,848 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 48479000800 covers part of the Downtown area of Laredo, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 24% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units763
Renter share56.1%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate41.5%
Median income$33,393

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Downtown
High
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#25 of 65 tracts In Laredo
Elevated
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 69 tracts In Webb
Elevated
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#1,261 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Laredo and the region

Centroid at 27.5130, -99.4976 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Laredo
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
41.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$987 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Laredo
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Laredo
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Laredo
3.5

How Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0008003.4Laredoparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 45.6% against 11.3% nationally.

The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $33,393 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Disability prevalence runs 48.3% against 31.5% nationally.

Against Webb County at 47.8%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Webb County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 most pressured.

Average gross rent is $987, close to the Laredo average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48479000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48479000800?

Census tract 48479000800 in the Downtown 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 48479000800?

Median gross rent is $987/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48479000800?

41.5% of residents in tract 48479000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,848.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48479000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 99th, minority 95th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 48479000800 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48479000800 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 48479000800 compare to Laredo overall?

Tract 48479000800 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Laredo at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Laredo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Laredo

Top eight tracts in Laredo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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