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Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Amarillo Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48375014900 · Potter, TX · pop 6,506

48375014900 is a census tract in Amarillo, TX. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,506 residents. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Potter County average of 42.1%.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 15% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,608
Renter share35.5%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate35.6%
Median income$43,779

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 58 tracts In Amarillo
High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 35 tracts In Potter
Very High
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#1,731 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
National
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#39,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Amarillo and the region

Centroid at 35.2170, -101.7665 · click any tract to drill in

Why Amarillo scores 4.6

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
35.6% poverty · this tract
8.9
Supply constraint
$1,020 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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.
Amarillo risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0149003.2Amarilloparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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

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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Amarillo

33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 30.6% against 11.3% nationally.

The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 44.4% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Potter County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48375014900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48375014900?

Census tract 48375014900 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 48375014900?

Median gross rent is $1,020/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48375014900?

35.6% of residents in tract 48375014900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,506.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48375014900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 92th, minority 92th, housing 70th.
Q5

How does tract 48375014900 compare to Amarillo overall?

Tract 48375014900 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 48375014900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 6% 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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