Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Galveston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167725000 · Galveston, TX · pop 1,787
48167725000 is a census tract in Galveston, TX. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,787 residents. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units842
Renter share53.7%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$46,651
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Galveston and the region
Centroid at 29.2831, -94.8082 · click any tract to drill in
Why Galveston scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Galveston
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
23.8% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,279 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Galveston
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Galveston
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Galveston
7.8
How Galveston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 25%Grade A
- 75%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 106Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.61×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Galveston
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $46,651 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Against the Galveston County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.0% against 11.3% nationally.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Galveston County average of 46.2%. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Galveston. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,279, close to the Galveston average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167725000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167725000?
Census tract 48167725000 in Galveston scores 5.8/10 (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 48167725000?
Median gross rent is $1,279/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167725000?
23.8% of residents in tract 48167725000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,787.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167725000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 89th, minority 79th, housing 69th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167725000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48167725000 compare to Galveston overall?
Tract 48167725000 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Galveston at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Galveston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 48167725000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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.
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