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

Lubbock Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48303001200 · Lubbock, TX · pop 2,181

Tract 48303001200 sits in Lubbock eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. It is home to 2,181 residents. Severe burden reaches 49%. 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 41% Stable renters 19% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units938
Renter share60.6%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate30.2%
Median income$31,200

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 94 tracts In Lubbock
Very High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 106 tracts In Lubbock
Very High
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#1,731 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
National
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#39,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lubbock and the region

Centroid at 33.5666, -101.8103 · 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
30.2% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$896 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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.
Lubbock risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0012003.2Lubbockparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lubbock

Against Lubbock County at 45.8%, 68% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $31,200 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. At $896 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Lubbock commands.

Adults with no health insurance runs 21.6% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 1.0 points above the Lubbock County average of 3.6.

Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48303001200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48303001200?

Census tract 48303001200 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 48303001200?

Median gross rent is $896/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48303001200?

30.2% of residents in tract 48303001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,181.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48303001200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 91th, minority 96th, housing 26th.
Q5

How does tract 48303001200 compare to Lubbock overall?

Tract 48303001200 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

Highest-risk tracts in Lubbock

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

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