Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Texas City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48167726200 · Galveston, TX · pop 2,748 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Texas City
Census tract 48167726200 covers part of Texas City, TX, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,158
Renter share40.3%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate15.1%
Median income$60,781
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Texas City and the region
Centroid at 29.3590, -94.9128 · click any tract to drill in
Why Texas City scores 4.4
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
15.1% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,153 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 267Total filings 2020-21
- 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 14.83×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
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Galveston County average of 46.2%.
Adults with no health insurance runs 20.4% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,153, 12% below the Texas City average.
On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Galveston County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $60,781. 40% 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 48167726200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48167726200?
Census tract 48167726200 in Texas City scores 4.4/10 (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 48167726200?
Median gross rent is $1,153/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48167726200?
15.1% of residents in tract 48167726200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,748.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48167726200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 74th, minority 77th, housing 89th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48167726200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 14.83× 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 48167726200 compare to Texas City overall?
Tract 48167726200 scores 4.4/10, 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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48167722700
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167723100
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48167721902
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167722100
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48167721901
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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