Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Texas City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48167722002 · Galveston, TX · pop 3,433
Tract 48167722002 covers Texas City in Texas. Home to 3,433 residents, it scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 22nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $949 a month against an average household income of $64,102 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,434
Renter share37.1%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$64,102
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Texas City and the region
Centroid at 29.4013, -94.9310 · click any tract to drill in
Why Texas City scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Texas City
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$949 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Texas City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Texas City
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Texas City
2.4
How Texas City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 299Total filings 2020-21
- 3.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.11×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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 Texas City
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 2.5/10. 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 Texas eviction laws City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Galveston County average of 5.0 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.11x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 75th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167722002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167722002?
Census tract 48167722002 in Texas City 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 48167722002?
Median gross rent is $949/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167722002?
9.7% of residents in tract 48167722002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,433.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167722002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 86th, minority 68th, housing 69th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167722002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.11× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48167722002 compare to Texas City overall?
Tract 48167722002 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Texas City at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Texas eviction laws City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Texas City
Top eight tracts in Texas City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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48167722200
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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48167722300
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167722700
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167722600
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167723100
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167721902
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167726200
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167722100
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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