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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

North Hilltop Addition Colonia Eviction Risk: Moderate , Alice

Tract 48249950400 · Jim Wells, TX · pop 2,861 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Tract 48249950400 sits in the North Hilltop Addition Colonia area of Alice, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. Population here is 2,861. Adults with no health insurance runs 34.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 15% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units933
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate30.9%
Median income$39,852

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In North Hilltop Addition Colonia
Very High
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Alice
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 11 tracts In Jim Wells
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#330 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Alice and the region

Centroid at 27.7686, -98.0763 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Hilltop Addition Colonia scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Alice
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
30.9% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$888 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Alice
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Alice
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Alice
8.7

How North Hilltop Addition Colonia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Hilltop Addition Colonia risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 950400Alice: 4.04.0Aliceparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 50Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 4.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.3%Peak (2002)
  • 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 482499504002001: 8 filings (2.20/100 renter HHs)2002: 23 filings (6.33/100 renter HHs)2015: 19 filings (5.01/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within North Hilltop Addition Colonia. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Hilltop Addition Colonia

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10.

The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.4/10.

Disability prevalence runs 43.7% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.3 points above the Jim Wells County average of 4.0.

The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 50 eviction filings across 3 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2002, when 6.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9/10.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 52% of renters.

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 48249950400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48249950400?

Census tract 48249950400 in the North Hilltop Addition Colonia neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 48249950400?

Median gross rent is $888/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48249950400?

30.9% of residents in tract 48249950400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,861.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48249950400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 64th, minority 86th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 48249950400 considered part of North Hilltop Addition Colonia?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48249950400 fall within North Hilltop Addition Colonia (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48249950400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 48249950400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.51% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48249950400 compare to Alice overall?

Tract 48249950400 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Alice at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alice; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Alice

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

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