Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Balcones Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin
Tract 48453000102 · Travis, TX · pop 2,155 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 48453000102 covers part of the Balcones Park area of Austin, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,155. Cost burden runs 17% here against 44.8% across Travis County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,034
Renter share6.8%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$155,897
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Austin and the region
Centroid at 30.3263, -97.7668 · click any tract to drill in
Why Balcones Park scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Austin
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,904 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Austin
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Austin
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Austin
4.5
How Balcones Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 77%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.
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)
- 13Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2004)
- 2Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 12 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Balcones Park
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Travis County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
The filing record is not thin: 13 evictions over 7 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,904, 10% above the Austin average. The worst year on record was 2004, when 6.0% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48453000102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453000102?
Census tract 48453000102 in the Balcones Park neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 48453000102?
Median gross rent is $1,904/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48453000102?
6.1% of residents in tract 48453000102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,155.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48453000102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 33th, minority 21th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 48453000102 considered part of Balcones Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453000102 fall within Balcones Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453000102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48453000102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.47% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48453000102 compare to Austin overall?
Tract 48453000102 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Austin at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Austin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 48453000102 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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