Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Dickinson Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167720900 · Galveston, TX · pop 4,775 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Dickinson
The Elevated-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 48167720900 reflects conditions in Dickinson in Galveston County, Texas. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $688 monthly, set against $63,077 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
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
83
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dickinson and the region
Centroid at 29.4517, -95.0562 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dickinson scores 5.5
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
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Dickinson, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Galveston County average of 5.0 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.49x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167720900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167720900?
Census tract 48167720900 in Dickinson scores 5.5/10 (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 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Dickinson at 2.6/10. 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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