Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201240703 · Harris, TX · pop 5,843 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Houston
Tract 48201240703 sits in Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. It is home to 5,843 residents. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 72% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,897
Renter share53.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$65,445
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0008, -95.4127 · 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
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,475 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Houston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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)
- 810Total filings 2020-21
- 10.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.16×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. 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
Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.0% against 11.3% nationally.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,475, 8% above the Houston average. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $65,445.
53% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201240703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201240703?
Census tract 48201240703 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 48201240703?
Median gross rent is $1,475/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201240703?
15.0% of residents in tract 48201240703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,843.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201240703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 75th, minority 95th, housing 28th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201240703 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.16× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48201240703 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201240703 scores 4.1/10, 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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