Within neighborhood
86
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Meadowbrook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Houston
Tract 48201320201 · Harris, TX · pop 2,876 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
With a score of $1/10, tract 48201320201 in the Meadowbrook area of Houston ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,876 residents. On the national scale it ranks #22,202 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 62% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,188 a month against an average household income of $41,863 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units799
Renter share57.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate41.0%
Median income$41,863
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
85
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 29.7009, -95.2681 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meadowbrook scores 6.1
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
41.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,188 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Meadowbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 28%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 360Total filings 2020-21
- 4.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 4.29×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 Meadowbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meadowbrook
The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. 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.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 93rd 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 4.29x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201320201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201320201?
Census tract 48201320201 in the Meadowbrook neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 48201320201?
Median gross rent is $1,188/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201320201?
41.0% of residents in tract 48201320201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,876.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201320201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 66th, minority 95th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 48201320201 considered part of Meadowbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201320201 fall within Meadowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201320201 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 4.29× 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 48201320201 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201320201 scores 6.1/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 48201320201 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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