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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Wayside Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201231400 · Harris, TX · pop 2,973 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 48201231400 sits in the Wayside Village area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 2,973. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 7% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,201
Renter share15.6%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$45,479

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Wayside Village
Moderate
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#272 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#82 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8637, -95.2871 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wayside Village scores 5.1

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
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,432 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Wayside Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wayside Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 2314003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 177Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 18.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.1%Peak (2010)
  • 24Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201231400
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 141Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.96×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wayside Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wayside Village

Set annual rent against average income of $45,479 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Disability prevalence runs 43.8% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.

The filing record is not thin: 177 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2010, when 22.1% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 18.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201231400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201231400?

Census tract 48201231400 in the Wayside Village 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 48201231400?

Median gross rent is $1,432/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201231400?

23.5% of residents in tract 48201231400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,973.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201231400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 92th, minority 98th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 48201231400 considered part of Wayside Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201231400 fall within Wayside Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201231400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 177 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201231400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.15% of renter households, peaking at 22.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201231400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.96× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201231400 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201231400 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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