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

Inverness Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201240803 · Harris, TX · pop 2,562 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201240803 in the Inverness Forest area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,562 residents. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 23% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,157
Renter share56.2%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$48,844

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Inverness Forest
Very High
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#140 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#103 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 30.0305, -95.4174 · click any tract to drill in

Why Inverness Forest 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
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,151 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Inverness Forest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Inverness Forest risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 2408033.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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)

  • 563Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.17×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Inverness Forest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Inverness Forest

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Against Harris County at 49.5%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 23.9% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Average gross rent is $1,151, 15% below the Houston average. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10. 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.

Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $48,844. 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201240803

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201240803?

Census tract 48201240803 in the Inverness Forest 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 48201240803?

Median gross rent is $1,151/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201240803?

22.5% of residents in tract 48201240803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,562.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201240803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 77th, minority 80th, housing 55th.
Q5

Is tract 48201240803 considered part of Inverness Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201240803 fall within Inverness Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201240803 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201240803 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201240803 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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