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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Harlingen Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48061011200 · Cameron, TX · pop 1,702

Tract 48061011200 sits in Harlingen eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. It is home to 1,702 residents. Cost burden runs roughly one in four here against 42.8% across Cameron County.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 22% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units509
Renter share28.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate40.0%
Median income$44,338

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 23 tracts In Harlingen
Elevated
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#12 of 121 tracts In Cameron
Very High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#1,025 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Harlingen and the region

Centroid at 26.1860, -97.6857 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harlingen scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Harlingen
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
40.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$731 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harlingen
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harlingen
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harlingen
7.2

How Harlingen compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Harlingen risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 0112004.0Harlingenparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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)

  • 8Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 2.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak (2015)
  • 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2015 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48061011200
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harlingen

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 42.3% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 40%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.4/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 45.4% against 31.5% nationally.

Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $731 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Harlingen commands. Against the Cameron County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Court records carry 8 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 3.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48061011200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061011200?

Census tract 48061011200 in Harlingen scores 5/10 (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 48061011200?

Median gross rent is $731/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48061011200?

40.0% of residents in tract 48061011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,702.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48061011200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 99th, minority 92th, housing 19th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061011200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 48061011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.36% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 48061011200 compare to Harlingen overall?

Tract 48061011200 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Harlingen at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harlingen eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Harlingen

Top eight tracts in Harlingen ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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