Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Texas City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167722700 · Galveston, TX · pop 5,334
Census tract 48167722700 covers part of Texas City, TX, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,334. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,022
Renter share45.3%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate23.6%
Median income$57,778
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Texas City and the region
Centroid at 29.3867, -94.9894 · click any tract to drill in
Why Texas City scores 4.7
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
23.6% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,303 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 527Total filings 2020-21
- 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 20.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.34×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 Texas City
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 0.7 points above the Galveston County average of 4.0.
On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 48% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,303, close to the Texas City average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $57,778.
45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167722700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167722700?
Census tract 48167722700 in Texas City scores 4.7/10 (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 48167722700?
Median gross rent is $1,303/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167722700?
23.6% of residents in tract 48167722700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,334.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167722700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 65th, minority 90th, housing 62th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167722700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.34× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48167722700 compare to Texas City overall?
Tract 48167722700 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Texas City at 3.3/10. 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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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167722300
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167722600
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167723100
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167721902
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167726200
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167722100
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167721901
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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