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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Greenspoint Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201240506 · Harris, TX · pop 5,767 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 48201240506 covers part of the Greenspoint area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,767 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 34% Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,986
Renter share83.8%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate44.5%
Median income$41,536

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 10 tracts In Greenspoint
High
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#296 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#100 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.9599, -95.3917 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenspoint scores 5.1

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
44.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,057 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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.
Greenspoint risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 2405063.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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)

  • 1,055Total filings 2020-21
  • 13.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 21.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.65×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Within Greenspoint. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenspoint

Adults with no health insurance runs 37.7% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 45%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 59% here against 49.5% across Harris County.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.1% against 31.5% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,057, 22% below the Houston average.

It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201240506

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201240506?

Census tract 48201240506 in the Greenspoint 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 48201240506?

Median gross rent is $1,057/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201240506?

44.5% of residents in tract 48201240506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,767.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201240506?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 80th, minority 97th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 48201240506 considered part of Greenspoint?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201240506 fall within Greenspoint (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201240506 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.65× 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 48201240506 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201240506 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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