Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
West Ranch Eviction Risk: Lower , Friendswood
Tract 48167720400 · Galveston, TX · pop 9,836 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
For landlords sizing up West Ranch in Friendswood, census tract 48167720400 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 48% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 76% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 52% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,563 a month while the average household earns $191,612 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 3% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units3,064
Renter share2.8%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$191,612
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Friendswood and the region
Centroid at 29.4831, -95.1968 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Ranch scores 1.1
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
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,563 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 West Ranch compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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)
- 21Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Ranch
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 above 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 10th 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 0.70x 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 48167720400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167720400?
Census tract 48167720400 in the West Ranch neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 48167720400?
Median gross rent is $1,563/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167720400?
1.7% of residents in tract 48167720400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,836.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167720400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 59th, minority 44th, housing 5th.
Q5
Is tract 48167720400 considered part of West Ranch?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48167720400 fall within West Ranch (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48167720400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48167720400 compare to Friendswood overall?
Tract 48167720400 scores 1.1/10, 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Friendswood
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/ 10 · Low
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1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.4
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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