Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,485 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201222900 · Harris, TX · pop 8,047 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Houston
The Moderate-tier score of 5.7/10 for census tract 48201222900 reflects conditions in Houston, Texas. That is riskier than about 63% of US census tracts.
About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,278 a month while the average household earns $53,672 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,046
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate31.0%
Median income$53,672
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
20
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9143, -95.3450 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston scores 2.8
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
31.0% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,278 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 163Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2014)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)
- 167Total filings 2020-21
- 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-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
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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houston
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 7.8/10. 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 85th 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 163 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.0% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201222900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201222900?
Census tract 48201222900 in Houston scores 2.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 48201222900?
Median gross rent is $1,278/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201222900?
31.0% of residents in tract 48201222900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,047.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201222900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 90th, minority 95th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201222900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201222900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.37% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201222900 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 48201222900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201222900 scores 2.8/10, right in line with 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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