Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Channelview Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201252400 · Harris, TX · pop 6,197 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Channelview
Census tract 48201252400 covers part of Channelview, TX, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,197. Severe burden reaches 54%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,094
Renter share24.1%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$62,831
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Channelview and the region
Centroid at 29.7817, -95.1429 · click any tract to drill in
Why Channelview scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Channelview
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
15.8% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,183 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Channelview
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Channelview
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Channelview
7.1
How Channelview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 430Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.4%Peak (2010)
- 55Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 333Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.04×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 Channelview
71% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Harris County average of 49.5%. Adults with no health insurance runs 33.9% against 11.3% nationally.
The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 430 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 14.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 9.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,183, close to the Channelview average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $62,831.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201252400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201252400?
Census tract 48201252400 in Channelview scores 4.2/10 (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 48201252400?
Median gross rent is $1,183/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201252400?
15.8% of residents in tract 48201252400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,197.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201252400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 82th, minority 76th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201252400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 430 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201252400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.90% of renter households, peaking at 14.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201252400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.04× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201252400 compare to Channelview overall?
Tract 48201252400 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Channelview at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Channelview; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Channelview
Top eight tracts in Channelview ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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