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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Dickinson Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48167721102 · Galveston, TX · pop 6,299 · 73% of tract blocks fall in Dickinson

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48167721102 in Dickinson, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,299 residents. Cost burden runs around a third here against 46.2% across Galveston County.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 28% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,883
Renter share41.1%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate18.5%
Median income$62,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Dickinson
Very High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 102 tracts In Galveston
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dickinson and the region

Centroid at 29.4732, -95.0381 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dickinson scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
18.5% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,422 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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.
Dickinson risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 7211023.7Dickinsonparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 696Total filings 2020-21
  • 9.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 15.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.58×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Adults with no health insurance runs 30.0% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Against the Galveston County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Average gross rent is $1,422, 16% above the Dickinson average. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $62,813.

41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48167721102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167721102?

Census tract 48167721102 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 48167721102?

Median gross rent is $1,422/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48167721102?

18.5% of residents in tract 48167721102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,299.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48167721102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 74th, minority 79th, housing 71th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48167721102 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.58× 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 48167721102 compare to Dickinson overall?

Tract 48167721102 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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