Weslaco Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 48215023103 · Hidalgo, TX · pop 8,181 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Weslaco
How risky is Weslaco for landlords? Census tract 48215023103 scores 5.2/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 44% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $925 monthly, set against $43,454 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Weslaco and the region
Centroid at 26.1928, -97.9509 · click any tract to drill in
Why Weslaco scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Weslaco compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%Housing & transportation
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What drives eviction risk in Weslaco
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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 Weslaco, 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 98th 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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Highest-risk tracts in Weslaco
Top eight tracts in Weslaco ranked by composite eviction-risk score.