Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Hawthorne Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201220701 · Harris, TX · pop 3,039 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
48201220701 is a census tract in the Hawthorne Place area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. 46% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units930
Renter share49.9%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate44.1%
Median income$43,889
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8413, -95.3507 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hawthorne Place scores 5.1
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
44.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$925 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%Housing & transportation
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 123Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.59×Ratio to 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
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 43.7% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 44%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $925, 32% below the Houston average. Disability prevalence runs 49.0% against 31.5% nationally.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.
That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201220701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201220701?
Census tract 48201220701 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 48201220701?
Median gross rent is $925/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201220701?
44.1% of residents in tract 48201220701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,039.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201220701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 88th, minority 95th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 48201220701 considered part of Hawthorne Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201220701 fall within Hawthorne Place (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201220701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48201220701 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201220701 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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/ 10 · Moderate
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