Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
Galveston Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 48167725200 · Galveston, TX · pop 1,730
For landlords sizing up Galveston, census tract 48167725200 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. It lands near the 82nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,256 a month against an average household income of $38,681 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. About 66% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units779
Renter share65.9%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate26.9%
Median income$38,681
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Galveston and the region
Centroid at 29.2885, -94.8259 · click any tract to drill in
Why Galveston scores 6
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
26.9% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,256 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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.
- 1%Grade A
- 59%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 28%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)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.71×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Galveston, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Galveston 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.71x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Part of this tract, about 28% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167725200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167725200?
Census tract 48167725200 in Galveston scores 6/10 (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 48167725200?
Median gross rent is $1,256/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167725200?
26.9% of residents in tract 48167725200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,730.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167725200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 81th, minority 86th, housing 95th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167725200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48167725200 compare to Galveston overall?
Tract 48167725200 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Galveston at 2.7/10. 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 48167725200 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. 28% 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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/ 10 · Elevated
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