Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Foster Place Eviction Risk: Elevated , Houston
Tract 48201313500 · Harris, TX · pop 2,331 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 48201313500 runs through Foster Place in Houston. With 2,331 residents, it scores 5.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 70% of US census tracts.
About 62% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $986 a month while the average household earns $28,625 a year, roughly 41% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units881
Renter share49.9%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate38.1%
Median income$28,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6887, -95.3479 · click any tract to drill in
Why Foster Place scores 6.3
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
38.1% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$986 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Foster Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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
- 12%Grade B
- 67%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)
- 859Total filings over 7 yrs
- 27.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.3%Peak (2013)
- 148Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 439Total filings 2020-21
- 5.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Foster Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Foster Place
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 9.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201313500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201313500?
Census tract 48201313500 in the Foster Place neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 48201313500?
Median gross rent is $986/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201313500?
38.1% of residents in tract 48201313500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,331.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201313500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 93th, minority 97th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 48201313500 considered part of Foster Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201313500 fall within Foster Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201313500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 859 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201313500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 27.33% of renter households, peaking at 31.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201313500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201313500 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201313500 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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 48201313500 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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