Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Hitchcock Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48167723600 · Galveston, TX · pop 4,227 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Hitchcock
Census tract 48167723600 covers part of Hitchcock, TX, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,227. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,839
Renter share11.1%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$87,266
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hitchcock and the region
Centroid at 29.3036, -95.0324 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hitchcock scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hitchcock
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,389 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hitchcock
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hitchcock
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hitchcock
8.1
How Hitchcock compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 172Total filings 2020-21
- 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.92×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 Hitchcock
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.9/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Galveston County average of 46.2%. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Galveston County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,389, close to the Hitchcock average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $87,266.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167723600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167723600?
Census tract 48167723600 in Hitchcock scores 3.9/10 (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 48167723600?
Median gross rent is $1,389/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167723600?
9.9% of residents in tract 48167723600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,227.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167723600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 91th, minority 53th, housing 26th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167723600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.92× 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 48167723600 compare to Hitchcock overall?
Tract 48167723600 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Hitchcock at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hitchcock; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hitchcock
Top eight tracts in Hitchcock ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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