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Southpark Eviction Risk: Moderate , Austin

Tract 48453002411 · Travis, TX · pop 5,796 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 48453002411 in the Southpark area of Austin, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,796. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 18% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,485
Renter share51.1%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$54,758

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Southpark
Moderate
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 239 tracts In Austin
High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 290 tracts In Travis
High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#108 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Austin and the region

Centroid at 30.2053, -97.7489 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southpark scores 5.4

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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,438 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Southpark compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Southpark risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0024114.0Austinparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

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

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)

  • 654Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 6.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.4%Peak (2012)
  • 94Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48453002411
Filings climbed 169% over the past 12 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southpark

Against Travis County at 44.8%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 37.8% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.5/10.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Travis County average of 4.0. Average gross rent is $1,438, 17% below the Austin average.

The filing record is not thin: 654 evictions over 12 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2012, when 8.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 10/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48453002411

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48453002411?

Census tract 48453002411 in the Southpark 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 48453002411?

Median gross rent is $1,438/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48453002411?

17.9% of residents in tract 48453002411 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,796.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48453002411?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 91th, minority 94th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 48453002411 considered part of Southpark?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48453002411 fall within Southpark (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48453002411?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 654 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 48453002411 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.56% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48453002411 compare to Austin overall?

Tract 48453002411 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Austin

Top eight tracts in Austin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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