Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201232801 · Harris, TX · pop 2,729 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Houston
How risky is Houston in Harris County for landlords? Census tract 48201232801 scores 4.6/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 25th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,225 a month against an average household income of $69,492 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 73% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,048
Renter share72.5%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$69,492
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7880, -95.1984 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston scores 4.1
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
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,225 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 452Total filings 2020-21
- 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 13.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.45×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houston
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 3.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Harris County average of 5.2 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.45x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201232801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201232801?
Census tract 48201232801 in Houston scores 4.1/10 (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 48201232801?
Median gross rent is $1,225/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201232801?
7.8% of residents in tract 48201232801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,729.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201232801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 59th, minority 95th, housing 36th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201232801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48201232801 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201232801 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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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6.5
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6.5
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6.5
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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