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Meadowbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201320601 · Harris, TX · pop 2,441 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201320601 in the Meadowbrook area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,441. Cost burden runs 73% here against 49.5% across Harris County.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 13% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units726
Renter share47.2%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$47,632

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Meadowbrook
Elevated
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#142 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#137 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.6840, -95.2629 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meadowbrook scores 5.1

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
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$991 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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.
Meadowbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 3206013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

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.

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)

  • 149Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 5.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.8%Peak (2011)
  • 8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201320601
Filings climbed 33% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 69Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.61×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Meadowbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Meadowbrook

Adults with no health insurance runs 39.6% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Average gross rent is $991, 27% below the Houston average. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.

15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 149 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2011, when 9.8% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201320601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201320601?

Census tract 48201320601 in the Meadowbrook 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 48201320601?

Median gross rent is $991/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201320601?

21.5% of residents in tract 48201320601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,441.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201320601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 85th, minority 96th, housing 56th.
Q5

Is tract 48201320601 considered part of Meadowbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201320601 fall within Meadowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201320601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 149 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201320601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.28% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201320601 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× 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 48201320601 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201320601 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.
Q9

Was tract 48201320601 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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