Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Lubbock Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48303000902 · Lubbock, TX · pop 3,965

48303000902 is a census tract in Lubbock, TX. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 45%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 17% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units1,335

Renter share48.5%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate30.3%

Median income$37,664

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lubbock and the region

Centroid at 33.6048, -101.8061 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lubbock scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lubbock

3.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.4

State political climate

Texas legislature & governorship

1.5

Economic stress

30.3% poverty · this tract

7.6

Supply constraint

$1,025 rent vs county FMR

3.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lubbock

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lubbock

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lubbock

2.0

How Lubbock compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

99%Socioeconomic
100%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
55%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lubbock

Against Lubbock County at 45.8%, around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 29.8% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $37,664 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Disability prevalence runs 47.6% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Lubbock County average of 3.6. At $1,025 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Lubbock commands.

Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48303000902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48303000902?

Census tract 48303000902 in Lubbock scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 48303000902?

Median gross rent is $1,025/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48303000902?

30.3% of residents in tract 48303000902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,965.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48303000902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 100th, minority 95th, housing 55th.

How does tract 48303000902 compare to Lubbock overall?

Tract 48303000902 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lubbock at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lubbock eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

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