Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Baytown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201253900 · Harris, TX · pop 3,808 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Baytown
Census tract 48201253900 covers part of Baytown, TX, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,808 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,470
Renter share41.0%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$64,621
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 Baytown and the region
Centroid at 29.7530, -94.9335 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baytown scores 4.2
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
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,334 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 682Total filings over 7 yrs
- 11.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.0%Peak (2012)
- 115Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 29% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,168Total filings 2020-21
- 15.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.87×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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 Baytown
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.5% against 11.3% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 682 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 14.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 11.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 8.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
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 48201253900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201253900?
Census tract 48201253900 in Baytown 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 48201253900?
Median gross rent is $1,334/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201253900?
13.0% of residents in tract 48201253900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,808.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201253900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 56th, minority 64th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201253900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 682 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201253900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.71% of renter households, peaking at 14.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201253900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.87× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201253900 compare to Baytown overall?
Tract 48201253900 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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.
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