Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Washington Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201312700 · Harris, TX · pop 2,198 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
With a score of 3.4/10, tract 48201312700 in the Washington Terrace area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,124
Renter share56.9%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$90,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7268, -95.3682 · click any tract to drill in
Why Washington Terrace scores 3.4
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
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,167 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 Washington Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 100%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 354Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.5%Peak (2015)
- 65Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 282Total filings 2020-21
- 3.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.82×Ratio to 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 Washington Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Washington Terrace
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 354 evictions over 7 years of observation.
At $1,167 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Houston commands. It sits 0.6 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 11.5% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). 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 9.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.
Against average income of $90,000, annual rent is just 16%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201312700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201312700?
Census tract 48201312700 in the Washington Terrace neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 48201312700?
Median gross rent is $1,167/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201312700?
14.7% of residents in tract 48201312700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,198.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201312700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 14th, minority 86th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 48201312700 considered part of Washington Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201312700 fall within Washington Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201312700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 354 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201312700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.26% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201312700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× 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 48201312700 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201312700 scores 3.4/10, lower 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 48201312700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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