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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Tangle Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201232202 · Harris, TX · pop 5,460 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

48201232202 is a census tract in the Tangle Creek area of Harris County, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,460. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 3% Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,642
Renter share4.6%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$185,611

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Tangle Creek
Very Low
Within county
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#725 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.9204, -95.2655 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tangle Creek scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Houston
1.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houston
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houston
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houston
5.0

How Tangle Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tangle Creek risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 2322023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 46Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.18×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Tangle Creek. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tangle Creek

39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Harris County average of 49.5%. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Running cool, local political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Model confidence here is 65%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point.

Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201232202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201232202?

Census tract 48201232202 in the Tangle Creek neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 48201232202?

1.7% of residents in tract 48201232202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,460.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201232202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 33th, minority 76th, housing 49th.
Q4

Is tract 48201232202 considered part of Tangle Creek?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201232202 fall within Tangle Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48201232202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.18× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6

How does tract 48201232202 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201232202 scores 3/10, lower 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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