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Neighborhood · Austin, TX

Crestview Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 6,729 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Crestview is a one-tract neighborhood of Austin, TX and houses 6,729 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. 42% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Austin rate of 29.1%.

The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1/10. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.

Court records for this tract carry 221 eviction filings. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 5.3% of renter households. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10.

Recent filings have not receded much: 3.3% in 2012 against a 5.3% peak. At $1,843 a month, rents sit 7% over what the rest of Austin commands.

Among the 151 mapped neighborhoods of Austin, it ranks #125 by risk, the lower third. For a like-for-like read, Old West Austin and Delwood score within a fraction of it.

Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $103,268.

One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Crestview vs Austin How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
42.1% +45%
Austin: 29.1%
Average gross rent
$1,843 +7%
Austin: $1,729
Average HH income
$103,268 +13%
Austin: $91,461
Poverty rate
3.4% -72%
Austin: 12.3%
Renter share
57.7% +2%
Austin: 56.6%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Crestview and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Crestview scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.2–7.2 across tracts
7.2
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Rent control risk
42% of income on rent · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
58% renter households · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Economic stress
3.4% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Risk score comparison

Crestview vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Crestview score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0CrestviewNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Crestview

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
48453001504 3 6,729 42% $1,843
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 23

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 11%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 5%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 52%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 76%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Crestview

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 221Total filings (sum)
  • 2.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.3%Peak year (2011)
  • 3.33%Latest filed (2012)
Frequently asked

About Crestview

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Crestview?

Crestview scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Crestview compare to Austin overall?

Crestview scores 1.0 points lower than Austin overall (4/10). Renters spend 42% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,843 vs $1,729.
Q3

What is the average rent in Crestview?

Average gross rent in Crestview is $1,843/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Crestview residents are renters?

58% of Crestview households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Austin). The neighborhood has 6,729 residents.
Q5

Is Crestview a high social-vulnerability area?

Crestview sits in the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Crestview for landlords?

Crestview carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Austin as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Crestview?

Crestview has 6,458 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (65.9%), Hispanic / Latino (21.4%), Other / Multiracial (7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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