Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Baytown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201253000 · Harris, TX · pop 4,915 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Baytown
Census tract 48201253000 covers part of Baytown, TX, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,801
Renter share38.2%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$53,970
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baytown and the region
Centroid at 29.8222, -95.0196 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baytown scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Baytown
2.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,229 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Baytown
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Baytown
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Baytown
6.9
How Baytown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 368Total filings over 7 yrs
- 13.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.4%Peak (2015)
- 85Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 35% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 185Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.59×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Baytown
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.0% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 368 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2015 at 21.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 13.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
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 48201253000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201253000?
Census tract 48201253000 in Baytown scores 5.4/10 (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 48201253000?
Median gross rent is $1,229/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201253000?
28.0% of residents in tract 48201253000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,915.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201253000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 95th, minority 82th, housing 67th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201253000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 368 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201253000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.28% of renter households, peaking at 21.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201253000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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 48201253000 compare to Baytown overall?
Tract 48201253000 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Baytown at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Baytown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Baytown
Top eight tracts in Baytown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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48201254000
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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48201254100
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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48201254300
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48201254400
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48201254800
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Country Club Oaks
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48201253800
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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48201254200
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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