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University Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201310300 · Harris, TX · pop 4,281 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 48201310300 sits in the University Village area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 4,281 residents. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 21% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units2,115
Renter share57.0%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$37,468

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In University Village
Very High
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#62 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#110 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7365, -95.3360 · click any tract to drill in

Why University Village scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
23.8% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 University Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
University Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 3103003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 228Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.0%Peak (2013)
  • 39Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201310300
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 648Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.96×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Within University Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in University Village

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Harris County average of 49.5%. Set annual rent against average income of $37,468 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.5% against 11.3% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,059, 22% below the Houston average. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 228 filings here across 7 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2013, when 4.0% of renter households were served.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201310300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201310300?

Census tract 48201310300 in the University Village neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 48201310300?

Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201310300?

23.8% of residents in tract 48201310300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,281.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201310300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 38th, minority 82th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 48201310300 considered part of University Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201310300 fall within University Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201310300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 228 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201310300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.90% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201310300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.96× 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.
Q8

How does tract 48201310300 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201310300 scores 5.1/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 48201310300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 10% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

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