Census Tract · Ranked #53,699 of 84,120 nationally

Houston Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 48201220900 · Harris, TX · pop 1,670

Census tract 48201220900 sits in Houston eviction risk, Texas eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. It lands near the 70th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

69% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 62% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $848 a month against an average household income of $22,412 a year, roughly 45% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.8

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 46% Stable renters 21% Owners 33%

Tract context

Occupied units682

Renter share67.0%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate39.8%

Median income$22,412

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8488, -95.3376 · click any tract to drill in

Why Houston scores 3.8

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

39.8% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$848 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 Houston 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.

99%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

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)

186Total filings over 7 yrs
13.98%Avg annual filing rate
30.5%Peak (2015)
57Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2009 to 2015

Filings climbed 375% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

140Total filings 2020-21
1.8Avg monthly (observed)
2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.64×Ratio to baseline

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

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

Comparable tracts

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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Houston

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. 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 above the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 99th 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 186 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 14.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 30.5% of renter households in 2015.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201220900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201220900?

Census tract 48201220900 in Houston scores 3.8/10 (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 48201220900?

Median gross rent is $848/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201220900?

39.8% of residents in tract 48201220900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,670.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201220900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 97th, minority 90th, housing 84th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201220900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 186 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201220900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.98% of renter households, peaking at 30.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 48201220900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× 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.

How does tract 48201220900 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201220900 scores 3.8/10, higher 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.

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