Census Tract · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Amarillo Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 48375012800 · Potter, TX · pop 4,430

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 48375012800 (Amarillo, Texas) comes in at 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 41% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $890 monthly, set against $33,170 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 23% Owners 46%

Tract context

Occupied units1,593

Renter share53.4%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate29.9%

Median income$33,170

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Amarillo and the region

Centroid at 35.2283, -101.8207 · click any tract to drill in

Why Amarillo scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Amarillo

2.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.1

State political climate

Texas legislature & governorship

1.5

Economic stress

29.9% poverty · this tract

7.5

Supply constraint

$890 rent vs county FMR

2.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Amarillo

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Amarillo

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Amarillo

2.0

How Amarillo compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

91%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
86%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
5%Grade C
48%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Amarillo

What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Amarillo eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Potter County average of 4.6 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 48% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48375012800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48375012800?

Census tract 48375012800 in Amarillo scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 48375012800?

Median gross rent is $890/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48375012800?

29.9% of residents in tract 48375012800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,430.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48375012800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 88th, minority 84th, housing 86th.

How does tract 48375012800 compare to Amarillo overall?

Tract 48375012800 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Amarillo at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Amarillo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 48375012800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 48% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Amarillo

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