Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Hitchcock Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167723700 · Galveston, TX · pop 2,727 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Hitchcock
48167723700 is a census tract in Hitchcock, TX. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,727 residents. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,027
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate23.7%
Median income$50,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hitchcock and the region
Centroid at 29.3438, -94.9829 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hitchcock scores 5.4
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
23.7% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,388 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: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 315Total filings 2020-21
- 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.28×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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
What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.9/10. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Galveston County average of 46.2%. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $50,417 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Against the Galveston County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Adults with no health insurance runs 20.5% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 9.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167723700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167723700?
Census tract 48167723700 in Hitchcock scores 5.4/10 (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 48167723700?
Median gross rent is $1,388/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167723700?
23.7% of residents in tract 48167723700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,727.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167723700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 92th, minority 78th, housing 84th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167723700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.28× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48167723700 compare to Hitchcock overall?
Tract 48167723700 scores 5.4/10, higher than 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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