Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Kings Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201251000 · Harris, TX · pop 3,015 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 48201251000 covers part of the Kings Forest area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,368
Renter share53.6%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$90,594
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0346, -95.1886 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kings Forest scores 3.3
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
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,446 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Kings Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 259Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.3%Peak (2010)
- 27Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 335Total filings 2020-21
- 4.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.94×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kings Forest
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 259 filings here across 7 tracked years.
It sits 0.7 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2010, when 7.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 49% of renters.
Average gross rent is $1,446, close to the Houston average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201251000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201251000?
Census tract 48201251000 in the Kings Forest neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 48201251000?
Median gross rent is $1,446/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201251000?
13.8% of residents in tract 48201251000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,015.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201251000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 66th, minority 41th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 48201251000 considered part of Kings Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201251000 fall within Kings Forest (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201251000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 259 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201251000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.71% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201251000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.94× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201251000 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201251000 scores 3.3/10, 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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