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South Side Eviction Risk: Moderate , Corpus Christi

Tract 48355003402 · Nueces, TX · pop 5,506 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 4.7/10, tract 48355003402 in the South Side area of Corpus Christi, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,506. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 12% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,953
Renter share32.9%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate28.5%
Median income$55,851

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In South Side
Very High
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 86 tracts In Corpus Christi
High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 96 tracts In Nueces
High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#1,569 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Corpus Christi and the region

Centroid at 27.7025, -97.4013 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Side scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Corpus Christi
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
28.5% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,251 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Corpus Christi
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Corpus Christi
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Corpus Christi
2.5

How South Side compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Side risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 0034023.3Corpus Christiparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 124Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 4.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.5%Peak (2015)
  • 44Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48355003402
Filings climbed 76% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Side. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Side

Against Nueces County at 48.0%, around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 26.4% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. It sits 0.9 points above the Nueces County average of 3.8. Court records carry 124 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 7.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48355003402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48355003402?

Census tract 48355003402 in the South Side neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 48355003402?

Median gross rent is $1,251/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48355003402?

28.5% of residents in tract 48355003402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,506.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48355003402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 24th, minority 81th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 48355003402 considered part of South Side?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48355003402 fall within South Side (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48355003402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 124 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 48355003402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.52% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48355003402 compare to Corpus Christi overall?

Tract 48355003402 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Corpus Christi at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Corpus Christi eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Corpus Christi

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

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