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Hawthorne Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201220600 · Harris, TX · pop 3,137 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 48201220600 covers part of the Hawthorne Place area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,137 residents. Average gross rent is $682, 50% below the Houston average.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 36% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units924
Renter share55.3%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate34.1%
Median income$36,905

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Hawthorne Place
Very High
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#275 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8418, -95.3669 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hawthorne Place scores 5.1

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
34.1% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$682 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Hawthorne Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hawthorne Place risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 2206003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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)

  • 336Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 9.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.3%Peak (2009)
  • 25Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201220600
Filings dropped 61% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 125Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.42×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hawthorne Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne Place

Adults with no health insurance runs 41.5% against 11.3% nationally. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 43.7% against 31.5% nationally. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 336 eviction filings across 7 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2009, when 18.3% of renter households were served.

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 48201220600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201220600?

Census tract 48201220600 in the Hawthorne Place neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 48201220600?

Median gross rent is $682/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201220600?

34.1% of residents in tract 48201220600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,137.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201220600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 85th, minority 99th, housing 83th.
Q5

Is tract 48201220600 considered part of Hawthorne Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201220600 fall within Hawthorne Place (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201220600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 336 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201220600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.90% of renter households, peaking at 18.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201220600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.42× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201220600 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201220600 scores 5.1/10, 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.
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