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Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Laredo

Tract 48479001900 · Webb, TX · pop 2,774 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 48479001900 sits in the Downtown area of Laredo eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 31% Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,178
Renter share81.7%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate44.2%
Median income$21,837

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Downtown
Low
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#7 of 65 tracts In Laredo
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 69 tracts In Webb
Very High
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 27.5046, -99.5165 · 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
44.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$661 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 0019003.4Laredoparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

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

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 48.3% against 11.3% nationally.

Disability prevalence runs 56.2% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 44%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Cost burden runs 62% here against 47.8% across Webb County. At $661 a month, rents run 36% under what the rest of Laredo commands. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $21,837, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Webb County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48479001900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48479001900?

Census tract 48479001900 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 48479001900?

Median gross rent is $661/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48479001900?

44.2% of residents in tract 48479001900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,774.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48479001900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 100th, minority 99th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 48479001900 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48479001900 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 48479001900 compare to Laredo overall?

Tract 48479001900 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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