Elmhurst Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin
Tract 48453002316 · Travis, TX · pop 4,563 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 48453002316 in the Elmhurst Heights area of Austin, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
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Centroid at 30.2393, -97.7304 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elmhurst Heights scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Elmhurst Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,345Total filings over 12 yrs
- 5.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.9%Peak (2010)
- 157Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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What drives eviction risk in Elmhurst Heights
Set annual rent against average income of $39,416 and the ratio lands at 41%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Against the Travis County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. At $1,336 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Austin commands.
Adults with no health insurance runs 21.4% against 11.3% nationally. Court records carry 1,345 eviction filings across 12 observed years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 9.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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