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Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Penitas Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48215024212 · Hidalgo, TX · pop 5,451 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Penitas

With a score of 4.5/10, tract 48215024212 in Penitas, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,451. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 10% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,427
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate36.2%
Median income$38,304

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Penitas
Moderate
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#60 of 212 tracts In Hidalgo
Elevated
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#1,972 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
National
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#41,206 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Penitas and the region

Centroid at 26.3929, -98.4408 · click any tract to drill in

Why Penitas scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Penitas
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
36.2% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$825 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Penitas
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Penitas
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Penitas
8.9

How Penitas compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Penitas risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 0242123.4Penitasparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Penitas

Cost burden runs 74% here against 42.3% across Hidalgo County. Adults with no health insurance runs 48.3% against 11.3% nationally.

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9/10. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10.

Disability prevalence runs 46.6% against 31.5% nationally. At $825 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Penitas commands.

Against the Hidalgo County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $38,304.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48215024212

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48215024212?

Census tract 48215024212 in Penitas scores 4.5/10 (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 48215024212?

Median gross rent is $825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48215024212?

36.2% of residents in tract 48215024212 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,451.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48215024212?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 84th, minority 99th, housing 56th.
Q5

How does tract 48215024212 compare to Penitas overall?

Tract 48215024212 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Penitas at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Penitas; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Penitas

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

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