Jasper County, Texas Eviction Risk: Low

Jasper County, Texas eviction laws earns a county-wide average eviction-risk score of 1.9/10 (Low), placing it in the middle third of all Texas counties, ranked 124 of 254. That ranking means 123 counties carry more risk, and 130 are more landlord-friendly, so this is a modest but not exceptionally easy operating environment. Across the county's 5 scored cities, intra-county risk runs from 1.7 to 2.3, a spread that matters: where exactly you place a property inside the county can shift your exposure by a meaningful margin.

With an average rent of $899 and a rent-burden rate of 29.6%, a substantial share of tenants here are paying a significant portion of income toward housing. The county's 23.7% poverty rate reinforces that tenant financial stress is a real operating variable to price into underwriting, even at a low overall risk score. Investors accustomed to larger Texas metros will find this a quieter, smaller-scale market, with total population across tracked cities of roughly 13,895.

The cities inside Jasper County

The highest-risk city in the county is Kirbyville, scoring 2.3/10 with a population of 2,032. That score still falls in the Low tier overall, but it sits at the top of the local range, and landlords there should calibrate screening and lease terms accordingly. Buna (2.1/10, pop. 2,249) and Sam Rayburn (2.1/10, pop. 1,366) follow closely, both landing above the county average and worth treating as moderate-attention markets within an otherwise low-risk county.

On the lower end, Jasper, the county seat, scores 1.7/10 and is the largest city in the county with a population of 7,299, making it both the most populous and among the least risky places to operate locally. Evadale also scores 1.7/10 (pop. 949). Risk here is genuinely hyper-local: a landlord operating in Kirbyville faces a materially different profile than one holding units in the city of Jasper, even though both sit inside the same county boundary.

State-level laws that apply here

Texas statute governs all evictions in Jasper County under Tex. Prop. Code § 91 and § 92 (Residential Tenancies). For non-payment of rent and most lease violations, the required notice period is 3 days, one of the shorter notice windows in the country, which keeps the early stages of the Texas eviction process moving. For holdover tenants at end of lease, the same 3-day notice applies. Unauthorized occupants and squatters can be addressed under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.011 with no advance notice required.

Understanding Texas eviction costs is essential before assuming a low risk score means low financial exposure if things go wrong. Court filing fees range from $54 to $125, sheriff lockout fees run $50 to $175, and attorney fees vary widely from $500 to $3,500 depending on contest level. An uncontested case typically resolves in 21 to 30 days; a contested matter can stretch to 45 to 90 days. On the regulatory side, Texas does not require just cause for eviction and, under TX Local Gov Code §214.902, state law preempts any local rent-control ordinance, meaning no city in Jasper County can impose rent caps.

With 33.4% of residents renting and a poverty rate of 23.7%, a meaningful share of Jasper County tenants operate under financial pressure, a backdrop that makes city-level scores, not just the county average, the right starting point for placement decisions, so review the city grid above before committing capital.