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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Seven Lights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Laredo

Tract 48479001402 · Webb, TX · pop 2,975 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 48479001402 sits in the Seven Lights area of Laredo eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 2,975 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 45.1% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 19% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units815
Renter share28.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate27.8%
Median income$40,052

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 8 tracts In Seven Lights
Elevated
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 65 tracts In Laredo
Elevated
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 69 tracts In Webb
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#1,261 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Laredo and the region

Centroid at 27.5363, -99.5182 · click any tract to drill in

Why Seven Lights scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Laredo
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
27.8% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$790 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Laredo
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Laredo
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Laredo
3.5

How Seven Lights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Seven Lights risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0014023.4Laredoparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Seven Lights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Seven Lights

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Against Webb County at 47.8%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 47.8% against 31.5% nationally. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. At $790 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Laredo commands. Against the Webb County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48479001402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48479001402?

Census tract 48479001402 in the Seven Lights neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 48479001402?

Median gross rent is $790/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48479001402?

27.8% of residents in tract 48479001402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,975.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48479001402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 96th, minority 98th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 48479001402 considered part of Seven Lights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48479001402 fall within Seven Lights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 48479001402 compare to Laredo overall?

Tract 48479001402 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Laredo at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Laredo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Laredo

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

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