Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Laguna Vista Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48061012301 · Cameron, TX · pop 4,264 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Laguna Vista
Laguna Vista is where census tract 48061012301 sits, home to 4,264 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is $1/10. On the national scale it ranks #82,544 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 4% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $68,194 a year. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,890
Renter share11.8%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$68,194
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Laguna Vista and the region
Centroid at 26.1581, -97.3180 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laguna Vista scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Laguna Vista
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Laguna Vista
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Laguna Vista
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Laguna Vista
4.6
How Laguna Vista compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%Housing & transportation
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)
- 42Total filings over 3 yrs
- 4.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2016)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laguna Vista
What moves this score most 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 Laguna Vista, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well 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.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 56th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 42 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 4.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.6% of renter households in 2016.
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 48061012301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061012301?
Census tract 48061012301 in Laguna Vista scores 4.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 48061012301?
16.8% of residents in tract 48061012301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,264.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 48061012301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 62th, minority 59th, housing 31th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48061012301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48061012301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.06% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
How does tract 48061012301 compare to Laguna Vista overall?
Tract 48061012301 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Laguna Vista at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Laguna Vista; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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