Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Bordersville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201241501 · Harris, TX · pop 3,964 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 5/10, tract 48201241501 in the Bordersville area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,964. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,782
Renter share82.0%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate17.8%
Median income$41,771
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9830, -95.2905 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bordersville scores 5
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
17.8% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,308 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Bordersville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 643Total filings 2020-21
- 8.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.32×Ratio to 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 Bordersville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bordersville
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income of $41,771, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 24.7% against 11.3% nationally. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.
It sits 1.0 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,308, close to the Houston average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201241501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201241501?
Census tract 48201241501 in the Bordersville neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 48201241501?
Median gross rent is $1,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201241501?
17.8% of residents in tract 48201241501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,964.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201241501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 92th, minority 92th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 48201241501 considered part of Bordersville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201241501 fall within Bordersville (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201241501 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.32× 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 48201241501 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201241501 scores 5/10, 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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