Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Bayou Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower , Dickinson
Tract 48167720601 · Galveston, TX · pop 2,713 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 48167720601 sits in the Bayou Lakes area of Dickinson, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. 44% 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 13%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,317
Renter share27.0%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$123,399
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dickinson and the region
Centroid at 29.4341, -95.0984 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bayou Lakes scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dickinson
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,369 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dickinson
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dickinson
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dickinson
7.2
How Bayou Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 71Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.59×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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bayou Lakes
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Galveston County average of 4.0.
Average gross rent is $1,369, 11% above the Dickinson average. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 1.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $123,399, annual rent is just 13%. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
50% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167720601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167720601?
Census tract 48167720601 in the Bayou Lakes neighborhood 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 48167720601?
Median gross rent is $1,369/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167720601?
11.5% of residents in tract 48167720601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,713.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167720601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 1th, minority 24th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 48167720601 considered part of Bayou Lakes?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48167720601 fall within Bayou Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48167720601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48167720601 compare to Dickinson overall?
Tract 48167720601 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Dickinson at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dickinson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dickinson
Top eight tracts in Dickinson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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