Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Galveston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167725400 · Galveston, TX · pop 3,947
48167725400 is a census tract in Galveston, TX. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,947 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 21%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,641
Renter share39.5%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$59,243
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Galveston and the region
Centroid at 29.2819, -94.8209 · 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
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,054 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 55%Grade A
- 42%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)
- 158Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×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
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Against the Galveston County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.4% against 11.3% nationally. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.
The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Galveston County average of 46.2%.
At $1,054 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Galveston commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167725400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167725400?
Census tract 48167725400 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 48167725400?
Median gross rent is $1,054/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167725400?
24.6% of residents in tract 48167725400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,947.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167725400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 57th, minority 67th, housing 27th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167725400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× 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 48167725400 compare to Galveston overall?
Tract 48167725400 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 48167725400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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