Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Orange Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48249950101 · Jim Wells, TX · pop 3,047 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Orange Grove
48249950101 is a census tract in Orange Grove, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,310
Renter share32.3%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$70,203
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Orange Grove and the region
Centroid at 27.9544, -98.1005 · click any tract to drill in
Why Orange Grove scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Orange Grove
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Orange Grove
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Orange Grove
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Orange Grove
6.1
How Orange Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Orange Grove
The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.6% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 1.0 points below the Jim Wells County average of 4.0.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 51% of renters.
32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 48249950101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48249950101?
Census tract 48249950101 in Orange Grove scores 3/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 48249950101?
9.2% of residents in tract 48249950101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,047.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 48249950101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 92th, minority 63th, housing 62th.
Q4
How does tract 48249950101 compare to Orange Grove overall?
Tract 48249950101 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Orange Grove at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Orange Grove; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Orange Grove
Top eight tracts in Orange Grove ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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