Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Magnolia Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201311002 · Harris, TX · pop 3,808 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 48201311002 covers part of the Magnolia Park area of Houston, TX, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,808. Adults with no health insurance runs 40.6% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,059
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$65,046
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7445, -95.2951 · click any tract to drill in
Why Magnolia Park scores 4.4
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
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,164 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Magnolia Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 70%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 123Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.39×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
Within Magnolia Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Magnolia Park
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Average gross rent is $1,164, 14% below the Houston average. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Houston. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $65,046.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201311002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201311002?
Census tract 48201311002 in the Magnolia Park neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 48201311002?
Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201311002?
18.4% of residents in tract 48201311002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,808.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201311002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 85th, minority 93th, housing 27th.
Q5
Is tract 48201311002 considered part of Magnolia Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201311002 fall within Magnolia Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201311002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.39× 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 48201311002 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201311002 scores 4.4/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 48201311002 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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.
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