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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Pharr Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48215021306 · Hidalgo, TX · pop 4,081 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Pharr

Tract 48215021306 sits in Pharr eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 4,081 residents. 53% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 12% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units958
Renter share35.3%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate57.9%
Median income$27,817

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 19 tracts In Pharr
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 212 tracts In Hidalgo
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#108 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pharr and the region

Centroid at 26.0961, -98.1786 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pharr scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Pharr
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
57.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$789 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pharr
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pharr
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pharr
7.2

How Pharr compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pharr risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0213064.0Pharrparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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 Pharr

Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 42.3% across Hidalgo County. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 48.1% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 58%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Disability prevalence runs 50.6% against 31.5% nationally.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.3/10. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $27,817, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Against the Hidalgo County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. At $789 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Pharr commands. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48215021306

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48215021306?

Census tract 48215021306 in Pharr scores 5.4/10 (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 48215021306?

Median gross rent is $789/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48215021306?

57.9% of residents in tract 48215021306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,081.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48215021306?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 90th, minority 98th, housing 21th.
Q5

How does tract 48215021306 compare to Pharr overall?

Tract 48215021306 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Pharr at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pharr eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Pharr

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

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