Neighborhood · Corpus Christi, TX

Central City Eviction Risk: Moderate

5 census tracts · pop 18,450 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.3/10 · range 3.5–4.7

Central City spans 5 census tracts of Corpus Christi, TX and houses 18,450 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.3/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Corpus Christi baseline of 31.1%, 53% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. 28% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.5 to 4.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,081, 16% below the Corpus Christi average of $1,292.

Court records carry 264 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10.

Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 8.2% of renter households. That places it #5 of 8 neighborhoods in Corpus Christi.

Judgments average 3.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Flour Bluff and Coopers Alley L-Head. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

5 tracts · population-weighted

Central City vs Corpus Christi How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

52.5% +69%

Corpus Christi: 31.1%

Average gross rent

$1,081 -16%

Corpus Christi: $1,292

Average HH income

$46,571 -30%

Corpus Christi: $66,325

Poverty rate

22.6% +29%

Corpus Christi: 17.5%

Renter share

37.1% -12%

Corpus Christi: 42.1%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Central City and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 3.5–4.7

Why Central City scores 4.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts

1.5

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.9–4.9 across tracts

4.9

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts

4.5

Rent control risk

53% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

37% renter households · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts

2.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts

2.5

Economic stress

22.6% below poverty line · Range 3.6–7.3 across tracts

5.7

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.7–4.6 across tracts

2.8

Risk score comparison

Central City vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Central City?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 1.2 points from 3.5 to 4.7. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.

Tracts as heat grid

4.7 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.5

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

5 tracts in Central City

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
48355001601	4.7	4,634	60%	$1,152
48355000900	4.7	3,397	62%	$960
48355001602	4.4	3,858	46%	$925
48355001704	4.1	3,176	47%	$1,021
48355000601	3.5	3,385	46%	$1,340

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 77

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 82%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 83%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 96%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 26%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Central City

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

264Total filings (sum)
4.46%Avg annual filing rate
8.2%Peak year (2015)
5.62%Latest filed (2015)

Frequently asked

About Central City

What is the eviction-risk score for Central City?

Central City scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Central City compare to Corpus Christi overall?

Central City scores 1.0 points higher than Corpus Christi overall (3.3/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,081 vs $1,292.

What is the average rent in Central City?

Average gross rent in Central City is $1,081/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Central City residents are renters?

37% of Central City households are renter-occupied (vs 42% in Corpus Christi). The neighborhood has 18,450 residents.

Is Central City a high social-vulnerability area?

Central City sits in the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Central City have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Central City is census tract 48355001601 (score 4.7/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.5 to 4.7, a spread of 1.2 points.

How safe is Central City for landlords?

Central City carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.3/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Corpus Christi as a whole (3.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Central City?

Central City has 17,125 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (91.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (2.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Central City

4.7 Downtown 2 tracts · pop 3,648 4.4 Coopers Alley L-Head 3 tracts · pop 5,357 3.5 South Side 9 tracts · pop 39,310 3 Mustang-Padre Island 3 tracts · pop 7,374

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Corpus Christi

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Central City.

4.2 Flour Bluff 1 tracts · pop 3,841 4.5 Coopers Alley L-Head 3 tracts · pop 5,357 4.7 Peoples Street T-Head 1 tracts · pop 2,584 4.7 Downtown 2 tracts · pop 3,648 3.4 South Side 9 tracts · pop 39,310 3 Calallen 1 tracts · pop 2,792

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