Harlingen Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 48061011200 · Cameron, TX · pop 1,702
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 48061011200 (Harlingen in Cameron County, Texas) comes in at 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #55,582 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $731 monthly, set against $44,338 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Harlingen and the region
Centroid at 26.1860, -97.6857 · click any tract to drill in
Why Harlingen scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Harlingen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%Housing & transportation
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)
- 8Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2015)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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What drives eviction risk in Harlingen
The heaviest input here is economic stress 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 Harlingen eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cameron County average of 4.5 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 82nd 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 8 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 2.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.5% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 48061011200
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Highest-risk tracts in Harlingen
Top eight tracts in Harlingen ranked by composite eviction-risk score.