Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Galindo Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin
Tract 48453001307 · Travis, TX · pop 5,081 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 48453001307 sits in the Galindo area of Austin eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 5,081. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units2,333
Renter share64.9%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate27.3%
Median income$73,588
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Austin and the region
Centroid at 30.2363, -97.7686 · click any tract to drill in
Why Galindo scores 5.4
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
27.3% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,542 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Galindo compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%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)
- 393Total filings over 12 yrs
- 2.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2004)
- 11Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 54% over the past 12 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Galindo
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. 35% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Travis County average of 44.8%.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 1.4 points above the Travis County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 393 evictions over 12 years of observation.
At $1,542 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Austin commands. Filings peaked in 2004 at 4.5% of renter households.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Austin. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48453001307
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453001307?
Census tract 48453001307 in the Galindo neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 48453001307?
Median gross rent is $1,542/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48453001307?
27.3% of residents in tract 48453001307 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,081.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48453001307?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 6th, minority 61th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 48453001307 considered part of Galindo?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453001307 fall within Galindo (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453001307?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 393 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453001307 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.63% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48453001307 compare to Austin overall?
Tract 48453001307 scores 5.4/10, higher 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 48453001307 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 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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