Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Dickinson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48167721000 · Galveston, TX · pop 2,074 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Dickinson
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 48167721000 in Dickinson, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,074. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units773
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$107,404
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dickinson and the region
Centroid at 29.4643, -94.9920 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dickinson scores 3.3
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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,521 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 43Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×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
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $1,521, 24% above the Dickinson average.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Against the Galveston County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $107,404, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most 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 48167721000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167721000?
Census tract 48167721000 in Dickinson scores 3.3/10 (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 48167721000?
Median gross rent is $1,521/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167721000?
11.2% of residents in tract 48167721000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,074.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167721000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 72th, minority 68th, housing 27th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167721000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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 48167721000 compare to Dickinson overall?
Tract 48167721000 scores 3.3/10, 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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