Coke County, Texas Eviction Risk: Very Low

Coke County sits in the rolling ranch country of West Texas, anchored by the county seat of Robert Lee and the town of Bronte. With a total population of roughly 1,987 and an average asking rent around $700 per month, the housing market here operates at a scale most metropolitan landlords would not recognize. About 40.4% of households rent rather than own, and the average renter dedicates 26.9% of income to housing costs - a burden figure that tracks just below thresholds that typically signal instability in larger urban markets.

The county's overall eviction risk scores 2.2/10 (Very Low), placing it at 208th of 254 Texas counties when ordered from highest to lowest risk. That position means 207 counties across the state carry a higher risk profile, while only 46 sit below Coke in the rankings. Scores within the county range from 1.9 to 2.5/10, reflecting a modest spread between its two incorporated places. Robert Lee, the larger governmental center with 946 residents, scores 2.5/10 - the higher end of the local range - while Bronte (population 1,041) scores 1.9/10, sitting at the lower end. Neither city approaches the statewide average of 2.6/10, which reflects how rural West Texas generally skews toward landlord-favorable conditions compared to the major metros.

Texas landlord-tenant law adds structural context to these figures. The state operates under Tex. Prop. Code § 91 and § 92, which require only a 3-day written notice before filing for eviction for non-payment of rent - one of the shortest notice windows in the country. There is no just-cause requirement to terminate a month-to-month tenancy, and state preemption law (TX Local Gov Code §214.902) prohibits any city or county in Texas from enacting rent control ordinances. Coke County, like all Texas jurisdictions, also provides no source-of-income protection for tenants. Uncontested evictions typically resolve in 21-30 days once filed, with court filing fees running $54 to $125 and sheriff lockout fees between $50 and $175. That procedural speed, combined with poverty rates averaging 16.5% across the county, creates a population that may face rapid displacement when income disruptions occur - even in a low-risk scoring environment. The low score reflects the absence of aggressive tenant-protective local ordinances and the small renter population, not an absence of economic fragility at the household level.

Coke County's Very Low risk rating (2.2/10) places it in the lower-risk of Texas eviction laws counties by eviction risk. The narrow score spread from 1.9 to 2.5/10 across its two cities indicates relatively uniform conditions county-wide, with no single locality driving outsized risk. West Texas eviction laws rural counties in this range typically share thin rental markets, limited tenant legal resources, and landlord-favorable state law as common denominators.