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Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

San Benito Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48061011701 · Cameron, TX · pop 4,094 · 95% of tract blocks fall in San Benito

48061011701 is a census tract in San Benito, TX. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,094. Severe burden reaches 42%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 19% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,396
Renter share49.6%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate25.5%
Median income$43,471

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 9 tracts In San Benito
Moderate
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 121 tracts In Cameron
High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#1,569 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
National
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#37,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Benito and the region

Centroid at 26.1521, -97.6561 · click any tract to drill in

Why San Benito scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from San Benito
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
25.5% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,081 rent vs county FMR
6.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Benito
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Benito
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Benito
8.8

How San Benito compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
San Benito risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 0117014.0San Benitoparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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 San Benito

Against Cameron County at 42.8%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 38.2% against 11.3% nationally.

The dominant input is housing-court posture at 8.8/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,081, 29% above the San Benito average.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.4/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

The voucher gap is 14.0%: 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 0.8 points.

Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $43,471.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48061011701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48061011701?

Census tract 48061011701 in San Benito scores 4.7/10 (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 48061011701?

Median gross rent is $1,081/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48061011701?

25.5% of residents in tract 48061011701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,094.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48061011701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 95th, minority 94th, housing 47th.
Q5

How does tract 48061011701 compare to San Benito overall?

Tract 48061011701 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of San Benito at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Benito; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in San Benito

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

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