6 census tracts · pop 19,544 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.2/10
· range 3–4.9
Kern Place spans 6 census tracts of El Paso, TX and houses 19,544 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.2/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a El Paso baseline of 31.8%, 53% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. At $780 a month, rents sit 27% under what the rest of El Paso commands.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.6/10. The 6 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 4.9, a 1.9-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
The poverty rate is 24%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 144 eviction filings across its 6 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 7.9% of renter households. That places it #6 of 7 neighborhoods in El Paso.
Judgments average 1.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Buena Vista and Angel's Triangle score within a fraction of it.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.2 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
6 tracts · population-weighted
Kern Place vs El PasoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport70%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Kern Place
Aggregated across 6 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
144Total filings (sum)
2.85%Avg annual filing rate
7.9%Peak year (2012)
2.85%Latest filed (2012)
Frequently asked
About Kern Place
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Kern Place?
Kern Place scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier) across 6 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Kern Place compare to El Paso overall?
Kern Place scores 0.7 points higher than El Paso overall (3.5/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $780 vs $1,073.
Q3
What is the average rent in Kern Place?
Average gross rent in Kern Place is $780/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Kern Place residents are renters?
61% of Kern Place households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in El Paso). The neighborhood has 19,544 residents.
Q5
Is Kern Place a high social-vulnerability area?
Kern Place sits in the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Kern Place have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Kern Place is census tract 48141002202 (score 4.9/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.9, a spread of 1.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Kern Place for landlords?
Kern Place carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.2/10). Pop-weighted across 6 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to El Paso as a whole (3.5/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Kern Place?
Kern Place has 19,450 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (74.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (18.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (2.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
