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Riverside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Richmond

Tract 48157674900 · Fort Bend, TX · pop 5,500 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

How risky is Riverside in Richmond for landlords? Census tract 48157674900 scores 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 77% of US census tracts.

45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,082 a month while the average household earns $68,578 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 17% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,647
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$68,578

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Riverside
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Richmond
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#10 of 133 tracts In Fort Bend
Very High
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#2,641 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Richmond and the region

Centroid at 29.5943, -95.7707 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Richmond
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,082 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Richmond
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Richmond
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Richmond
7.8

How Riverside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Riverside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 674900Richmond: 2.42.4Richmondparent cityCounty: 2.52.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg 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)

  • 701Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 8.62%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.2%Peak (2004)
  • 34Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 481576749002003: 77 filings (12.25/100 renter HHs)2004: 89 filings (14.16/100 renter HHs)2005: 52 filings (12.73/100 renter HHs)2006: 34 filings (8.32/100 renter HHs)2007: 42 filings (10.28/100 renter HHs)2008: 42 filings (10.28/100 renter HHs)2009: 38 filings (9.30/100 renter HHs)2010: 69 filings (11.26/100 renter HHs)2011: 63 filings (8.01/100 renter HHs)2012: 48 filings (6.10/100 renter HHs)2013: 44 filings (5.59/100 renter HHs)2014: 32 filings (4.07/100 renter HHs)2015: 37 filings (4.70/100 renter HHs)2016: 34 filings (3.66/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 56% over the past 14 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Richmond, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Fort Bend County average of 4.8 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 701 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 8.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.2% of renter households in 2004.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 100th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 48157674900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48157674900?

Census tract 48157674900 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 48157674900?

Median gross rent is $1,082/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48157674900?

18.1% of residents in tract 48157674900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,500.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48157674900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 95th, minority 91th, housing 100th.
Q5

Is tract 48157674900 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48157674900 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48157674900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 701 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 48157674900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.62% of renter households, peaking at 14.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48157674900 compare to Richmond overall?

Tract 48157674900 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Richmond at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Richmond; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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