Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201240400 · Harris, TX · pop 7,976 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Houston
48201240400 is a census tract in Houston, TX. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 7,976 residents. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,730
Renter share37.2%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$59,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9875, -95.3733 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston scores 4.6
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
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,338 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 1,255Total filings over 7 yrs
- 25.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 43.0%Peak (2015)
- 314Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 166% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 493Total filings 2020-21
- 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 17.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.37×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
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 68% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.8% against 11.3% nationally.
The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 1,255 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 43.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 25.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201240400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201240400?
Census tract 48201240400 in Houston scores 4.6/10 (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 48201240400?
Median gross rent is $1,338/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201240400?
18.4% of residents in tract 48201240400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,976.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201240400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 85th, minority 90th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201240400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,255 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201240400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.45% of renter households, peaking at 43.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201240400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.37× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48201240400 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201240400 scores 4.6/10, 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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