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Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

La Feria Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48061011905 · Cameron, TX · pop 1,785 · 96% of tract blocks fall in La Feria

Tract 48061011905 sits in La Feria, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 1,785 residents. Severe burden reaches 50%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 14% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units640
Renter share34.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate34.5%
Median income$44,549

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In La Feria
Moderate
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 121 tracts In Cameron
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#1,261 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
National
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across La Feria and the region

Centroid at 26.1566, -97.8172 · click any tract to drill in

Why La Feria scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from La Feria
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
34.5% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$1,133 rent vs county FMR
7.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from La Feria
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from La Feria
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from La Feria
8.7

How La Feria compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
La Feria risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0119053.8La Feriaparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in La Feria

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Cameron County average of 42.8%. Adults with no health insurance runs 33.9% against 11.3% nationally. The score leans hardest on housing-court posture at 8.7/10.

The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.6/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

The voucher gap is 19.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against the Cameron County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. At $1,133 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of La Feria commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48061011905

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061011905?

Census tract 48061011905 in La Feria 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 48061011905?

Median gross rent is $1,133/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48061011905?

34.5% of residents in tract 48061011905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,785.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48061011905?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 100th, minority 90th, housing 69th.
Q5

How does tract 48061011905 compare to La Feria overall?

Tract 48061011905 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of La Feria at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from La Feria; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in La Feria

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

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