Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Kings Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201251000 · Harris, TX · pop 3,015 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
How risky is the Kings Forest neighborhood of Houston for landlords? Census tract 48201251000 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #43,706 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,446 a month against an average household income of $90,594 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
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
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
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 4.1
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
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 score leans hardest on supply constraint at 4.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 259 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.3% of renter households in 2010.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.94x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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 4.1/10 (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 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 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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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