Within neighborhood
83
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Central City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201314004 · Harris, TX · pop 1,755 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
48201314004 is a census tract in the Central City area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,755. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 56%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,262
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate29.6%
Median income$44,737
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6872, -95.3976 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central City scores 5.1
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
29.6% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,205 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
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)
- 808Total filings 2020-21
- 10.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.91×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
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $44,737 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Cost burden runs 44% here against 49.5% across Harris County. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Average gross rent is $1,205, 11% below the Houston average. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201314004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201314004?
Census tract 48201314004 in the Central City neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 48201314004?
Median gross rent is $1,205/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201314004?
29.6% of residents in tract 48201314004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,755.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201314004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 0th, minority 85th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 48201314004 considered part of Central City?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201314004 fall within Central City (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201314004 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.91× 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 48201314004 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201314004 scores 5.1/10, 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.
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