Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Central City Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201314001 · Harris, TX · pop 2,855 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 48201314001 covers part of the Central City area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,855 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,538
Renter share62.7%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$67,969
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6990, -95.3923 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central City scores 3.8
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
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,367 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Central City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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.
- 14%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)
- 116Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.9%Peak (2010)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 241Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.21×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 Central City. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central City
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
The filing record is not thin: 116 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2010, when 2.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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.
In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 46% of renters.
It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,367, close to the Houston average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201314001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201314001?
Census tract 48201314001 in the Central City neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 48201314001?
Median gross rent is $1,367/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201314001?
12.9% of residents in tract 48201314001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,855.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201314001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 2th, minority 73th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 48201314001 considered part of Central City?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201314001 fall within Central City (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201314001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 116 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201314001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.33% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201314001 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.21× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201314001 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201314001 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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 48201314001 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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