Census Tract · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally

Amarillo Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 48375013900 · Potter, TX · pop 4,763

Census tract 48375013900 covers Amarillo, home to 4,763 residents. For landlords it grades 5.4/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 52nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 82% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,231 monthly, set against $39,855 in average yearly household income, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.

Risk score

Elevated

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Amarillo and the region

Centroid at 35.2438, -101.8226 · click any tract to drill in

Why Amarillo scores 6

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

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

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.2/10. 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 above 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"). 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 Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th 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 48375013900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48375013900?

Census tract 48375013900 in Amarillo scores 6/10 (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 48375013900?

Median gross rent is $1,231/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.

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.

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.

How does tract 48375013900 compare to Amarillo overall?

Tract 48375013900 scores 6/10, 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 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Amarillo

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