Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201251702 · Harris, TX · pop 3,443 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Houston
48201251702 is a census tract in Houston, TX. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. 66% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,404
Renter share32.0%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$75,219
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0157, -95.0839 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston scores 3.9
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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,114 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Houston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 163Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.19×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houston
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $1,114, 18% below the Houston average. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $75,219, annual rent is just 18%.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.
32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201251702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201251702?
Census tract 48201251702 in Houston scores 3.9/10 (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 48201251702?
Median gross rent is $1,114/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201251702?
16.1% of residents in tract 48201251702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,443.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201251702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 94th, minority 50th, housing 60th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201251702 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.19× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48201251702 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201251702 scores 3.9/10, 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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