Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Texas City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167723100 · Galveston, TX · pop 3,821 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Texas City
With a score of 4.7/10, tract 48167723100 in Texas City, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,821 residents. 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
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,650
Renter share62.5%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$50,954
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
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 29.3910, -95.0164 · 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
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,138 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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)
- 485Total filings 2020-21
- 6.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.62×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 Texas City
Cost burden runs 60% here against 46.2% across Galveston County. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
At $1,138 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Texas City commands. It sits 0.7 points above the Galveston County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48167723100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167723100?
Census tract 48167723100 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 48167723100?
Median gross rent is $1,138/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167723100?
18.3% of residents in tract 48167723100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,821.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167723100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 67th, minority 77th, housing 83th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167723100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.62× 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 48167723100 compare to Texas City overall?
Tract 48167723100 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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48167722200
4.7
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48167722300
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167722600
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167722700
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167726200
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167722100
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167721901
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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