2 census tracts · pop 5,438 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10
· range 4.6–5.4
Timber Creek takes in 2 census tracts of Austin, TX and houses 5,438 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.9/10, in the Moderate tier. At $971 a month, rents sit 44% under what the rest of Austin commands.
Against a Austin baseline of 29.1%, 19% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 29%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records for this tract carry 4 eviction filings. The severe-burden share is 10%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10. Filing activity peaked in 2004 at 1,150.0% of renter households.
Among the 151 mapped neighborhoods of Austin, it ranks #37 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 335.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 13% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
For a like-for-like read, Chestnut and Little Texas score within a fraction of it. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.8 points apart at the extremes.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Timber Creek vs AustinHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority80%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport27%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Timber Creek
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
4Total filings (sum)
0.00%Avg annual filing rate
1,150.0%Peak year (2004)
0.00%Latest filed (2012)
Frequently asked
About Timber Creek
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Timber Creek?
Timber Creek scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Timber Creek compare to Austin overall?
Timber Creek scores 0.9 points higher than Austin overall (4/10). Renters spend 19% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $971 vs $1,729.
Q3
What is the average rent in Timber Creek?
Average gross rent in Timber Creek is $971/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Timber Creek residents are renters?
13% of Timber Creek households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Austin). The neighborhood has 5,438 residents.
Q5
Is Timber Creek a high social-vulnerability area?
Timber Creek sits in the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Timber Creek have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Timber Creek is census tract 48453002319 (score 5.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 5.4, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Timber Creek for landlords?
Timber Creek carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Timber Creek?
Timber Creek has 5,045 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (48.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (32%), Black (non-Hispanic) (15.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
