Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201251701 · Harris, TX · pop 3,400 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 48201251701 sits in the Lakewood Heights area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. The severe-burden share is 53%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,263
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$63,413
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0365, -95.1036 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood Heights scores 4.6
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
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,703 rent vs county FMR
6.1
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 Lakewood Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 460Total filings 2020-21
- 6.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 17.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.34×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakewood Heights
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 96% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $63,413 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Average gross rent is $1,703, 25% above the Houston average. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 25% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201251701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201251701?
Census tract 48201251701 in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 48201251701?
Median gross rent is $1,703/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 96% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201251701?
20.1% of residents in tract 48201251701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,400.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201251701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 85th, minority 39th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 48201251701 considered part of Lakewood Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201251701 fall within Lakewood Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201251701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.34× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201251701 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201251701 scores 4.6/10, 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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