Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Greenspoint Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201240503 ·
Harris, TX · pop 2,882 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 48201240503 (the Greenspoint area of Houston, Texas) comes in at 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 41% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $914 a month against an average household income of $40,651 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 100% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%Stable renters 64%Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,199
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate26.1%
Median income$40,651
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#10 of 10 tracts In Greenspoint
Very Low
Within parent city
80th percentile
#188 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
82th percentile
#198 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
High
Within state
89th percentile
#768 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9497, -95.3890 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenspoint scores 5.9
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
26.1% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$914 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Greenspoint compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
86%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
35%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)
457Total filings 2020-21
5.9Avg monthly (observed)
11.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.53×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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
Within Greenspoint. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 6.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.53x 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 48201240503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201240503?
Census tract 48201240503 in the Greenspoint neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 48201240503?
Median gross rent is $914/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201240503?
26.1% of residents in tract 48201240503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,882.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201240503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 89th, minority 99th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 48201240503 considered part of Greenspoint?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201240503 fall within Greenspoint (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201240503 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.53× 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 48201240503 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201240503 scores 5.9/10, 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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