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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Soaring Pines Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201250201 · Harris, TX · pop 6,841 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 48201250201 sits in the Soaring Pines area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. 29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Harris County average of 49.5%.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 17% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,476
Renter share24.3%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$60,470

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Soaring Pines
Moderate
Within parent city
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#523 of 952 tracts In Houston
Moderate
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#575 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Moderate
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#3,222 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.9502, -95.2569 · click any tract to drill in

Why Soaring Pines scores 3.7

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
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,246 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Soaring Pines compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Soaring Pines risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 2502013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 966Total filings 2020-21
  • 12.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 10.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.22×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Soaring Pines

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 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 24.6% against 11.3% nationally. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

At $1,246 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Houston commands. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. 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 25% of average household income of $60,470.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201250201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201250201?

Census tract 48201250201 in the Soaring Pines neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 48201250201?

Median gross rent is $1,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201250201?

10.1% of residents in tract 48201250201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,841.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201250201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 52th, minority 87th, housing 64th.
Q5

Is tract 48201250201 considered part of Soaring Pines?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201250201 fall within Soaring Pines (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201250201 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.22× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201250201 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201250201 scores 3.7/10, right in line with 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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