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Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally

Brownsville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48061012608 · Cameron, TX · pop 5,786

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 48061012608 (Brownsville, Texas) comes in at 3.7/10, the Lower tier. It lands near the 7th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,039 monthly, set against $67,755 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 39% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,227
Renter share54.1%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$67,755

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#48 of 60 tracts In Brownsville
Low
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#90 of 121 tracts In Cameron
Low
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#2,060 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
National
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#28,017 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brownsville and the region

Centroid at 25.9523, -97.4576 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brownsville scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,039 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Brownsville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brownsville risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.84.8This tracttract 012608Brownsville: 3.03.0Brownsvilleparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

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)

  • 80Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 5.84%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.1%Peak (2016)
  • 14Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2015 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 480610126082015: 29 filings (7.69/100 renter HHs)2016: 37 filings (7.13/100 renter HHs)2018: 14 filings (2.70/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brownsville

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Brownsville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cameron County average of 4.5 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 80 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 5.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.1% of renter households in 2016.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 48061012608

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061012608?

Census tract 48061012608 in Brownsville 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 48061012608?

Median gross rent is $1,039/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48061012608?

15.4% of residents in tract 48061012608 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,786.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48061012608?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 75th, minority 94th, housing 90th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061012608?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 80 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061012608 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.84% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 48061012608 compare to Brownsville overall?

Tract 48061012608 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Brownsville at 3/10. 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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