Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201240703 · Harris, TX · pop 5,843 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Houston
Census tract 48201240703 sits in Houston eviction risk, Texas eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It lands near the 48th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 72% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,475 a month while the average household earns $65,445 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.7
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
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0008, -95.4127 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston scores 4.7
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
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 4.6/10. 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 above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 78th 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 1.16x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201240703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201240703?
Census tract 48201240703 in Houston scores 4.7/10 (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 4.7/10, 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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