Fountain View Village Eviction Risk: Moderate

Pulling the other way is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.4/10. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.

The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Severe burden reaches 20%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Average gross rent is $733, 21% below the Harlingen average of $928.

The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.2 to 5.4, a 1.2-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Court records carry 111 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 7.4/10.

The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 6.4% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 4.2% in 2018 against a 6.4% peak.

Among the 12 mapped neighborhoods of Harlingen, it ranks #3 by risk, the upper third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Acacia and River Oaks.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.