Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Amarillo Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48375013900 · Potter, TX · pop 4,763
Census tract 48375013900 covers part of Amarillo, TX, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,763 residents. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,300
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate36.9%
Median income$39,855
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Amarillo and the region
Centroid at 35.2438, -101.8226 · click any tract to drill in
Why Amarillo scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
36.9% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$1,231 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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
Cost burden runs 82% here against 42.1% across Potter County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.2/10.
The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $39,855 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Adults with no health insurance runs 28.6% against 11.3% nationally. Disability prevalence runs 47.0% against 31.5% nationally.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 0.9 points above the Potter County average of 3.7. Average gross rent is $1,231, 13% above the Amarillo average.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Amarillo. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48375013900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48375013900?
Census tract 48375013900 in Amarillo 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 48375013900?
Median gross rent is $1,231/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48375013900?
36.9% of residents in tract 48375013900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,763.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48375013900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 96th, minority 88th, housing 88th.
Q5
How does tract 48375013900 compare to Amarillo overall?
Tract 48375013900 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Amarillo at 3.2/10. 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.
Q6
Was tract 48375013900 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. 0% 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.
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