2 census tracts · pop 3,648 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.7/10
· range 4.7–4.7
Downtown takes in 2 census tracts of Corpus Christi, TX and houses 3,648 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.7/10, in the Moderate tier. 57% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Corpus Christi rate of 31.1%.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 49%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Average gross rent is $891, 31% below the Corpus Christi average of $1,292. The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 1.4/10. Filings are well documented here: 311 across 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 12.8% of renter households.
That places it #1 of 8 neighborhoods in Corpus Christi. Judgments average 6.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Downtown vs Corpus ChristiHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport88%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Downtown
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
311Total filings (sum)
6.44%Avg annual filing rate
12.8%Peak year (2015)
6.90%Latest filed (2015)
Frequently asked
About Downtown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Downtown?
Downtown scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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.
Q2
How does Downtown compare to Corpus Christi overall?
Downtown scores 1.4 points higher than Corpus Christi overall (3.3/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $891 vs $1,292.
Q3
What is the average rent in Downtown?
Average gross rent in Downtown is $891/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Downtown residents are renters?
58% of Downtown households are renter-occupied (vs 42% in Corpus Christi). The neighborhood has 3,648 residents.
Q5
Is Downtown a high social-vulnerability area?
Downtown sits in the 99th 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.
Q6
Which tracts in Downtown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Downtown is census tract 48355001000 (score 4.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.7 to 4.7, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Downtown for landlords?
Downtown carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.7/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Downtown?
Downtown has 3,475 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (70.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (18%), White (non-Hispanic) (11.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
