College Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , McAllen
Tract 48215020729 · Hidalgo, TX · pop 2,163 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
How risky is the College Heights neighborhood of McAllen for landlords? Census tract 48215020729 scores 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 31st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $766 monthly, set against $25,417 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
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Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across McAllen and the region
Centroid at 26.2128, -98.2417 · click any tract to drill in
Why College Heights scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow College Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
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What drives eviction risk in College Heights
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 6.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from McAllen eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hidalgo County average of 4.9 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th 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.
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