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

Lubbock Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48303002002 · Lubbock, TX · pop 3,368

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 48303002002 in Lubbock, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,368 residents. Severe burden reaches 39%. 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 54% Stable renters 30% Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,414
Renter share83.9%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate38.6%
Median income$33,443

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 94 tracts In Lubbock
Very High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 106 tracts In Lubbock
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 33.5560, -101.8748 · 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
38.6% poverty · this tract
9.6
Supply constraint
$1,303 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 0020023.2Lubbockparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

Comparable tracts

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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lubbock

Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 45.8% across Lubbock County. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.6/10. Set annual rent against average income of $33,443 and the ratio lands at 47%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Adults with no health insurance runs 33.0% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 39%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 47.3% against 31.5% nationally.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Lubbock County average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Average gross rent is $1,303, 10% above the Lubbock average.

That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48303002002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48303002002?

Census tract 48303002002 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 48303002002?

Median gross rent is $1,303/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48303002002?

38.6% of residents in tract 48303002002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,368.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48303002002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 84th, minority 82th, housing 67th.
Q5

How does tract 48303002002 compare to Lubbock overall?

Tract 48303002002 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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