Within parent city
66
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201222502 · Harris, TX · pop 3,719 · 56% of tract blocks fall in Houston
Tract 48201222502 covers Houston in Texas. Home to 3,719 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #37,420 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 88% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,540 a month against an average household income of $52,987 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,059
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$52,987
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
79
th percentile
High
National
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9253, -95.3886 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston scores 5.3
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
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,540 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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 Houston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 61Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2014)
- 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 63% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 75Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.16×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houston
What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.2/10. 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 about the same as 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.16x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 86th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201222502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201222502?
Census tract 48201222502 in Houston scores 5.3/10 (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 48201222502?
Median gross rent is $1,540/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 88% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201222502?
20.7% of residents in tract 48201222502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,719.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201222502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 44th, minority 93th, housing 67th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201222502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 61 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201222502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.23% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201222502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.16× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201222502 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201222502 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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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