Within neighborhood
86
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Southmost Eviction Risk: Moderate , Brownsville
Tract 48061014300 · Cameron, TX · pop 4,993 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 48061014300 covers part of the Southmost area of Brownsville, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,993 residents. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,755
Renter share67.0%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate45.8%
Median income$33,210
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brownsville and the region
Centroid at 25.9101, -97.4490 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southmost scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brownsville
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
45.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$768 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brownsville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brownsville
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brownsville
3.5
How Southmost compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 37Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2016)
- 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Southmost. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southmost
Adults with no health insurance runs 40.6% against 11.3% nationally. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The poverty rate is 46%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 57% here against 42.8% across Cameron County. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. At $768 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Brownsville commands.
It sits 0.9 points above the Cameron County average of 3.9. The filing record is not thin: 37 evictions over 3 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48061014300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061014300?
Census tract 48061014300 in the Southmost 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 48061014300?
Median gross rent is $768/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48061014300?
45.8% of residents in tract 48061014300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,993.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48061014300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 92th, minority 96th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 48061014300 considered part of Southmost?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48061014300 fall within Southmost (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061014300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061014300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.40% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48061014300 compare to Brownsville overall?
Tract 48061014300 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Brownsville at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brownsville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brownsville
Top eight tracts in Brownsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Riverside
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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48061013401
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061012512
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Riverside
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061013106
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061013801
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48061013203
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Southmost
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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