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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

University Oaks Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201311900 · Harris, TX · pop 1,653 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

48201311900 is a census tract in the University Oaks area of Houston, TX. It scores 4/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,653 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 34.7% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 19% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units593
Renter share45.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$54,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In University Oaks
Moderate
Within parent city
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#466 of 952 tracts In Houston
Moderate
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#514 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Moderate
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#2,721 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7171, -95.3252 · click any tract to drill in

Why University Oaks scores 4

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
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,473 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 University Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
University Oaks risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 3119003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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)

  • 139Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.7%Peak (2015)
  • 26Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201311900
Filings climbed 100% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 134Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.94×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below 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 Oaks. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in University Oaks

Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $54,375 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Cost burden runs 58% here against 49.5% across Harris County.

Court records carry 139 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 8.7% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,473, 8% above the Houston average.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 6.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.

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 48201311900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201311900?

Census tract 48201311900 in the University Oaks neighborhood scores 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 48201311900?

Median gross rent is $1,473/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201311900?

12.6% of residents in tract 48201311900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,653.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201311900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 51th, minority 89th, housing 73th.
Q5

Is tract 48201311900 considered part of University Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201311900 fall within University Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201311900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 139 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201311900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.91% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201311900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.94× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201311900 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201311900 scores 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.
Q9

Was tract 48201311900 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. 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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