Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Dickinson Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167720900 · Galveston, TX · pop 4,775 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Dickinson
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48167720900 in Dickinson, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,775 residents. Average gross rent is $688, 44% below the Dickinson average.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,730
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate27.3%
Median income$63,077
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dickinson and the region
Centroid at 29.4517, -95.0562 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dickinson scores 5.1
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
27.3% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$688 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Dickinson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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)
- 439Total filings 2020-21
- 5.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.49×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 Dickinson
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.
Cost burden runs 53% here against 46.2% across Galveston County. It sits 1.1 points above the Galveston County average of 4.0.
Adults with no health insurance runs 19.0% against 11.3% nationally. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9/10.
Against average income of $63,077, annual rent is just 13%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167720900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167720900?
Census tract 48167720900 in Dickinson scores 5.1/10 (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 48167720900?
Median gross rent is $688/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167720900?
27.3% of residents in tract 48167720900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,775.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167720900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 93th, minority 59th, housing 81th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167720900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× 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 48167720900 compare to Dickinson overall?
Tract 48167720900 scores 5.1/10, higher 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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