Travis County


2,270

lawsuits from January 2025 to March 2025

90.6%

of defendants did not have legal representation

43.7%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

July 2022 - March 2025

Out of 132 debt collectors in Travis County, the top 10 (7.6%) are responsible for 1,526 (67.2%) of 2,270 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    266 lawsuits (11.7%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    256 lawsuits (11.3%)
  • Discover Bank
    202 lawsuits (8.9%)
  • Capital One
    185 lawsuits (8.1%)
  • Bank Of America
    150 lawsuits (6.6%)
  • JP Morgan Chase
    142 lawsuits (6.3%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates
    97 lawsuits (4.3%)
  • American Express
    87 lawsuits (3.8%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems
    86 lawsuits (3.8%)
  • Citibank
    55 lawsuits (2.4%)
  • Other
    744 lawsuits (32.8%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

March typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 909 filings, accounting for 40.0% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

July 2022 - March 2025

Travis County is split into 55 zips. On the map you can see debt collection lawsuit statistics, shown as circles, and ACS statistics, shown as shaded backgrounds, for each zip code.

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0.12.34.5No DataSelect American Community Survey (2023, 5 year estimate) statistic:
Median Household Income
$20,326$184,500No Data

Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

July 2022 - March 2025

The table to the right shows data for the 91 Census tracts in Travis County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: March 2025

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jul '22 - Mar '25
Default Judgments
Zip 77407
5,773266Jump to map
Zip 77459
5,3441,254Jump to map
Zip 77469
5,032876Jump to map
Zip 77489
4,5522,058Jump to map
Zip 77494
4,238361Jump to map
Zip 77471
3,685516Jump to map
Zip 77406
3,568317Jump to map
Zip 77498
3,46928Jump to map
Zip 77479
3,235163Jump to map
Zip 77545
3,1571,201Jump to map
The top zip codes are listed above. Use the search to find a specific location.
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Debt Collection Lawsuits by Neighborhood Demographics

Census tracts have been categorized by their racial/ethnic majority, based on data from the American Community Survey.

Neighborhoods by Racial Majority

  • Latinx: 13.2% of neighborhoods, 56.6% of lawsuits

  • No Majority: 37.4% of neighborhoods, 225.7% of lawsuits

  • White: 45.1% of neighborhoods, 63.3% of lawsuits

  • Black: 4.4% of neighborhoods, 41.7% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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