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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

College Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , McAllen

Tract 48215020512 · Hidalgo, TX · pop 1,903 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 48215020512 in the College Heights area of McAllen, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 13% here against 42.3% across Hidalgo County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 29% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units519
Renter share32.9%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate17.5%
Median income$66,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 9 tracts In College Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#46 of 53 tracts In McAllen
Very Low
Within county
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#171 of 212 tracts In Hidalgo
Very Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across McAllen and the region

Centroid at 26.1894, -98.2580 · click any tract to drill in

Why College Heights scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from McAllen
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
17.5% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,147 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from McAllen
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from McAllen
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from McAllen
3.0

How College Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
College Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0205123.4McAllenparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within College Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in College Heights

Adults with no health insurance runs 32.5% against 11.3% nationally. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The voucher gap is 15.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Against the Hidalgo County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. On the softer side, housing-court posture reads 3/10.

Average gross rent is $1,147, 9% above the McAllen average. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $66,250. 33% 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 48215020512

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48215020512?

Census tract 48215020512 in the College Heights neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48215020512?

Median gross rent is $1,147/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48215020512?

17.5% of residents in tract 48215020512 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,903.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48215020512?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 53th, minority 99th, housing 30th.
Q5

Is tract 48215020512 considered part of College Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48215020512 fall within College Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 48215020512 compare to McAllen overall?

Tract 48215020512 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of McAllen at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from McAllen eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in McAllen

Top eight tracts in McAllen ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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