Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
North Shadydale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201230500 · Harris, TX · pop 4,078 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
48201230500 is a census tract in the North Shadydale area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,078. Against Harris County at 49.5%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share26.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate28.9%
Median income$37,386
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8485, -95.3284 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Shadydale 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
28.9% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,241 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 North Shadydale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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)
- 88Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2013)
- 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 63% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 106Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.22×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
Within North Shadydale. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Shadydale
Adults with no health insurance runs 37.7% against 11.3% nationally. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $37,386 and the ratio lands at 40%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
Court records carry 88 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 4.3% of renter households were served. At $1,241 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Houston commands.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201230500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201230500?
Census tract 48201230500 in the North Shadydale 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 48201230500?
Median gross rent is $1,241/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201230500?
28.9% of residents in tract 48201230500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,078.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201230500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 84th, minority 97th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 48201230500 considered part of North Shadydale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201230500 fall within North Shadydale (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201230500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201230500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.45% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201230500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.22× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201230500 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201230500 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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Highest-risk tracts in Houston
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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