Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Clear Lake Shores Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48167721503 · Galveston, TX · pop 1,457 · 64% of tract blocks fall in Clear Lake Shores
48167721503 is a census tract in Clear Lake Shores, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,457 residents. 27% 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
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units643
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$109,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clear Lake Shores and the region
Centroid at 29.5459, -95.0309 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clear Lake Shores scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clear Lake Shores
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,750 rent vs county FMR
6.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clear Lake Shores
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clear Lake Shores
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clear Lake Shores
3.9
How Clear Lake Shores compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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)
- 11Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-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 Clear Lake Shores
The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.5/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Against the Galveston County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
The voucher gap is 14.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 2.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167721503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167721503?
Census tract 48167721503 in Clear Lake Shores scores 3/10 (Lower 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 48167721503?
Median gross rent is $1,750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167721503?
7.5% of residents in tract 48167721503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,457.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167721503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 12th, minority 36th, housing 5th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167721503 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 48167721503 compare to Clear Lake Shores overall?
Tract 48167721503 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Clear Lake Shores at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clear Lake Shores; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clear Lake Shores
Top eight tracts in Clear Lake Shores ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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