Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Galveston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167725800 · Galveston, TX · pop 5,107
48167725800 is a census tract in Galveston, TX. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,107. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,297
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate20.9%
Median income$75,707
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
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 29.2834, -94.8633 · 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
20.9% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,627 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%Housing & transportation
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)
- 552Total filings 2020-21
- 7.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.80×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 dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Galveston County average of 46.2%.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.8 points above the Galveston County average of 4.0.
Average gross rent is $1,627, 25% above the Galveston average. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167725800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167725800?
Census tract 48167725800 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 48167725800?
Median gross rent is $1,627/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167725800?
20.9% of residents in tract 48167725800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,107.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167725800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 100th, minority 72th, housing 44th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167725800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× 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 48167725800 compare to Galveston overall?
Tract 48167725800 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.
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