Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Greenspoint Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201240600 · Harris, TX · pop 3,582 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
48201240600 is a census tract in the Greenspoint area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. 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 65%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,221
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate54.5%
Median income$31,816
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9584, -95.4082 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenspoint scores 5.1
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
54.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,008 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 1,190Total filings over 7 yrs
- 16.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.2%Peak (2011)
- 178Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 166% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,076Total filings 2020-21
- 14.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 14.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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 42.4% against 11.3% nationally. 65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Harris County average of 49.5%. The poverty rate is 55%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $31,816 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Disability prevalence runs 48.5% against 31.5% nationally.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,008, 26% below the Houston average.
It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 1,190 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 26.2% of renter households were served.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201240600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201240600?
Census tract 48201240600 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 48201240600?
Median gross rent is $1,008/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201240600?
54.5% of residents in tract 48201240600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,582.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201240600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 78th, minority 98th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 48201240600 considered part of Greenspoint?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201240600 fall within Greenspoint (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201240600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,190 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201240600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.80% of renter households, peaking at 26.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201240600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201240600 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201240600 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.
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