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Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally

Chimneystone Eviction Risk: Lower , Sugar Land

Tract 48157671601 · Fort Bend, TX · pop 6,332 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

48157671601 is a census tract in the Chimneystone area of Sugar Land, TX. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,332 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 28% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,648
Renter share53.7%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$92,946

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Chimneystone
Moderate
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 30 tracts In Sugar Land
Elevated
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#75 of 133 tracts In Fort Bend
Moderate
Within state
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#4,317 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sugar Land and the region

Centroid at 29.5979, -95.6031 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chimneystone scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sugar Land
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,646 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sugar Land
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sugar Land
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sugar Land
2.0

How Chimneystone compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chimneystone risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.1This tracttract 6716013.2Sugar Landparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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)

  • 410Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 3.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.5%Peak (2013)
  • 26Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48157671601
Filings climbed 86% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Chimneystone. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chimneystone

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $1,646, 16% below the Sugar Land average. Court records carry 410 eviction filings across 14 observed years.

Against Fort Bend County at 42.8%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Fort Bend County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2013 at 4.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48157671601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48157671601?

Census tract 48157671601 in the Chimneystone neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 48157671601?

Median gross rent is $1,646/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48157671601?

2.9% of residents in tract 48157671601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,332.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48157671601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 34th, minority 73th, housing 35th.
Q5

Is tract 48157671601 considered part of Chimneystone?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48157671601 fall within Chimneystone (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48157671601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 410 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 48157671601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.05% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48157671601 compare to Sugar Land overall?

Tract 48157671601 scores 3.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Sugar Land at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sugar Land eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sugar Land

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

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