Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally

Cat Mountain Eviction Risk: Lower , Austin

Tract 48453030700 · Travis, TX · pop 4,028 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 48453030700 belongs to the Cat Mountain area of Austin, Texas. It is home to 4,028 residents and scores 4.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #61,128 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 17% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,501 a month against an average household income of $191,053 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 6% Owners 93%

Tract context

Occupied units1,798

Renter share7.0%

SVI overall0.03

Poverty rate4.9%

Median income$191,053

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.3495, -97.7806 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cat Mountain scores 2.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

4.9% poverty · this tract

1.2

Supply constraint

$3,501 rent vs county FMR

10.0

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 Cat Mountain compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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

3%Socioeconomic
54%Household composition
23%Racial/ethnic minority
2%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.

6%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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cat Mountain

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Austin eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Travis County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48453030700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453030700?

Census tract 48453030700 in the Cat Mountain neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 48453030700?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453030700?

4.9% of residents in tract 48453030700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,028.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453030700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 54th, minority 23th, housing 2th.

Is tract 48453030700 considered part of Cat Mountain?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453030700 fall within Cat Mountain (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 48453030700 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453030700 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Austin at 2.9/10. 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.

Was tract 48453030700 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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