Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Dickinson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48167721103 · Galveston, TX · pop 3,665 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Dickinson
Census tract 48167721103 covers Dickinson in Galveston County, home to 3,665 residents. For landlords it grades 5.5/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 68% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,449 monthly, set against $81,654 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,171
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$81,654
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dickinson and the region
Centroid at 29.4794, -95.0138 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dickinson scores 3.4
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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,449 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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)
- 143Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.88x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167721103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167721103?
Census tract 48167721103 in Dickinson scores 3.4/10 (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 48167721103?
Median gross rent is $1,449/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167721103?
3.4% of residents in tract 48167721103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,665.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167721103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 84th, minority 67th, housing 38th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167721103 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48167721103 compare to Dickinson overall?
Tract 48167721103 scores 3.4/10, 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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