Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Friendswood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48167720200 · Galveston, TX · pop 5,156
How risky is Friendswood for landlords? Census tract 48167720200 scores 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #49,734 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,247 monthly, set against $121,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,984
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$121,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Friendswood and the region
Centroid at 29.5138, -95.1798 · click any tract to drill in
Why Friendswood scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Friendswood
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,247 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Friendswood
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Friendswood
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Friendswood
4.4
How Friendswood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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)
- 22Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.61×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 Friendswood
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.4/10. 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 Friendswood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Galveston County average of 5.0 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.61x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167720200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167720200?
Census tract 48167720200 in Friendswood scores 1.4/10 (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 48167720200?
Median gross rent is $1,247/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167720200?
1.3% of residents in tract 48167720200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,156.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167720200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 30th, minority 35th, housing 50th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167720200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× 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 48167720200 compare to Friendswood overall?
Tract 48167720200 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Friendswood at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Friendswood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Friendswood
Top eight tracts in Friendswood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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2.8
/ 10 · Low
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48201350700
2
/ 10 · Low
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Glenshannon
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
48201350604
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
48167720100
1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
Wilderness Trails
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
48201350804
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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West Ranch
1.1
/ 10 · Very Low
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