Neighborhood · Ranked #79,519 of 84,120 nationally

Lindale Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201210600 · Harris, TX · pop 5,821 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

The Lindale Park area of Houston anchors census tract 48201210600, which lands at 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #75,903 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 13% of renter households, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,298 a month against an average household income of $82,321 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.8

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 35% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units2,304

Renter share39.6%

SVI overall0.47

Poverty rate5.4%

Median income$82,321

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8070, -95.3654 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lindale Park scores 1.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Houston

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Texas legislature & governorship

1.5

Economic stress

5.4% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$1,298 rent vs county FMR

3.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Houston

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Houston

3.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Houston

2.5

How Lindale Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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

28%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
81%Racial/ethnic minority
38%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
21%Grade B
1%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

146Total filings over 7 yrs
2.49%Avg annual filing rate
3.8%Peak (2010)
25Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2009 to 2015

Filings climbed 32% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

244Total filings 2020-21
3.2Avg monthly (observed)
1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
1.79×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lindale Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lindale Park

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 3.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Harris County average of 5.2 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.79x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201210600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201210600?

Census tract 48201210600 in the Lindale Park neighborhood scores 1.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 48201210600?

Median gross rent is $1,298/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201210600?

5.4% of residents in tract 48201210600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,821.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201210600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 74th, minority 81th, housing 38th.

Is tract 48201210600 considered part of Lindale Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201210600 fall within Lindale Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201210600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 146 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201210600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.49% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 48201210600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.79× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.

How does tract 48201210600 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201210600 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Houston at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Houston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 48201210600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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