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Downtown Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , El Paso

Tract 48141001700 · El Paso, TX · pop 1,108 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.5/10 for census tract 48141001700 reflects conditions in the Downtown Historic District area of El Paso, Texas. That is riskier than about 56% of US census tracts.

About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $550 a month while the average household earns $28,542 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 99% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 54% Owners 1%
Tract context
Occupied units310
Renter share98.7%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate59.2%
Median income$28,542

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Downtown Historic District
Very Low
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 149 tracts In El Paso
High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 188 tracts In El Paso
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#525 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across El Paso and the region

Centroid at 31.7596, -106.4874 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Historic District scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from El Paso
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
59.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$550 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from El Paso
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from El Paso
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from El Paso
3.5

How Downtown Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 001700El Paso: 3.13.1El Pasoparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 7Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.48%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak (2012)
  • 7Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown Historic District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Historic District

The heaviest input here is economic stress 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 El Paso eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the El Paso County average of 5.0 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 7 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 3.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.5% of renter households in 2012.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 17% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48141001700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48141001700?

Census tract 48141001700 in the Downtown Historic District neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 48141001700?

Median gross rent is $550/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48141001700?

59.2% of residents in tract 48141001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,108.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48141001700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 47th, minority 90th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 48141001700 considered part of Downtown Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48141001700 fall within Downtown Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48141001700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 48141001700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.48% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48141001700 compare to El Paso overall?

Tract 48141001700 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of El Paso at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from El Paso eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 48141001700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 17% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in El Paso

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

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