Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Hunters Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201251402 · Harris, TX · pop 6,952 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
How risky is Hunters Ridge in Houston for landlords? Census tract 48201251402 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 74% of renter households, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,684 a month against an average household income of $58,902 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,590
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$58,902
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0744, -95.2031 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hunters Ridge scores 5.3
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
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,684 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Hunters Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 254Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2014)
- 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 208Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.90×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hunters Ridge
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 above 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.90x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 64th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201251402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201251402?
Census tract 48201251402 in the Hunters Ridge neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 48201251402?
Median gross rent is $1,684/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201251402?
20.7% of residents in tract 48201251402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,952.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201251402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 91th, minority 69th, housing 10th.
Q5
Is tract 48201251402 considered part of Hunters Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201251402 fall within Hunters Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201251402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 254 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201251402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.03% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201251402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.90× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201251402 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201251402 scores 5.3/10, 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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