Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201240905 · Harris, TX · pop 5,517 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Houston
Census tract 48201240905 covers part of Houston, TX, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,517 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,812
Renter share62.3%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$85,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0122, -95.3165 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston scores 3.1
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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,344 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 195Total filings 2020-21
- 2.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.03×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
38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Harris County average of 49.5%. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 22.0% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.9 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 7.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Average gross rent is $1,344, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $85,000.
62% 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 48201240905
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201240905?
Census tract 48201240905 in Houston scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 48201240905?
Median gross rent is $1,344/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201240905?
10.5% of residents in tract 48201240905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,517.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201240905?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 70th, minority 90th, housing 47th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201240905 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.03× 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 48201240905 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201240905 scores 3.1/10, lower 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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Highest-risk tracts in Houston
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