Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Lindale Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201210700 · Harris, TX · pop 2,534 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 48201210700 covers part of the Lindale Park area of Houston, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,534. Adults with no health insurance runs 34.7% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units871
Renter share31.7%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate19.3%
Median income$51,966
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8067, -95.3535 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lindale Park scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
19.3% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,223 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 84%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
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)
- 93Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2013)
- 15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 141Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.42×Ratio to baseline
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 main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Harris County average of 49.5%. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 93 filings here across 7 tracked years. It sits 0.8 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Average gross rent is $1,223, 10% below the Houston average.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.6% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201210700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201210700?
Census tract 48201210700 in the Lindale Park 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 48201210700?
Median gross rent is $1,223/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201210700?
19.3% of residents in tract 48201210700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,534.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201210700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 69th, minority 95th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 48201210700 considered part of Lindale Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201210700 fall within Lindale Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201210700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 93 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201210700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.37% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201210700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.42× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201210700 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201210700 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 3.7/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 48201210700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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