Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Commerce Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48231960500 · Hunt, TX · pop 4,096 · 87% of tract blocks fall in Commerce
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 48231960500 in Commerce, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,096. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,717
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate22.6%
Median income$60,066
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Commerce and the region
Centroid at 33.2440, -95.8857 · click any tract to drill in
Why Commerce scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Commerce
3.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.4
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
22.6% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Commerce
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Commerce
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Commerce
7.9
How Commerce compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Commerce
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Hunt County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $60,066, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 39% of renters. Average gross rent is $849, close to the Commerce average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48231960500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48231960500?
Census tract 48231960500 in Commerce scores 5.5/10 (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 48231960500?
Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48231960500?
22.6% of residents in tract 48231960500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,096.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48231960500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 49th, minority 64th, housing 95th.
Q5
How does tract 48231960500 compare to Commerce overall?
Tract 48231960500 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Commerce at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Commerce; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Commerce
Top eight tracts in Commerce ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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