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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

South Lawn Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201313902 · Harris, TX · pop 2,719 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 48201313902 sits in the South Lawn area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 44% Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,617
Renter share82.1%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$62,550

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In South Lawn
Very Low
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#608 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#679 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Low
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4,107 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.6832, -95.3863 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Lawn scores 3.2

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
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,411 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 South Lawn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Lawn risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 3139023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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

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)

  • 483Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 3.50×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 South Lawn. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Lawn

82% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 16.8% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.

Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Average gross rent is $1,411, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $62,550.

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 48201313902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201313902?

Census tract 48201313902 in the South Lawn neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 48201313902?

Median gross rent is $1,411/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201313902?

5.9% of residents in tract 48201313902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,719.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201313902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 0th, minority 79th, housing 27th.
Q5

Is tract 48201313902 considered part of South Lawn?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201313902 fall within South Lawn (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201313902 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 3.50× 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 48201313902 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201313902 scores 3.2/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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