Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Tangle Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201232000 · Harris, TX · pop 4,707 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 48201232000 covers part of the Tangle Creek area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,707. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 77% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,394
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate38.1%
Median income$39,693
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9036, -95.2713 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tangle Creek 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
38.1% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$1,333 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Tangle Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 130Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.0%Peak (2009)
- 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 15% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 159Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.38×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Tangle Creek. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tangle Creek
36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Adults with no health insurance runs 38.0% against 11.3% nationally. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.5/10.
The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $39,693 and the ratio lands at 40%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Disability prevalence runs 47.6% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
The filing record is not thin: 130 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2009, when 12.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201232000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201232000?
Census tract 48201232000 in the Tangle Creek 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 48201232000?
Median gross rent is $1,333/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201232000?
38.1% of residents in tract 48201232000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,707.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201232000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 88th, minority 98th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 48201232000 considered part of Tangle Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201232000 fall within Tangle Creek (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201232000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 130 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201232000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.16% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201232000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.38× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201232000 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201232000 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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