Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
La Marque Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167723000 · Galveston, TX · pop 4,137
How risky is La Marque for landlords? Census tract 48167723000 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 71% 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 $1,228 monthly, set against $55,909 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,602
Renter share37.4%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$55,909
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across La Marque and the region
Centroid at 29.3738, -94.9867 · click any tract to drill in
Why La Marque scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from La Marque
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,228 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from La Marque
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from La Marque
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from La Marque
7.6
How La Marque compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 340Total filings 2020-21
- 4.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×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 La Marque
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.2/10. 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 La Marque, 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 Black and White and ranks around the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167723000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167723000?
Census tract 48167723000 in La Marque scores 5.6/10 (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 48167723000?
Median gross rent is $1,228/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167723000?
23.3% of residents in tract 48167723000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,137.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167723000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 93th, minority 80th, housing 39th.
Q5
How does tract 48167723000 compare to La Marque overall?
Tract 48167723000 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of La Marque at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from La Marque; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in La Marque
Top eight tracts in La Marque ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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