Within neighborhood
14
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Meadowbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201320700 · Harris, TX · pop 4,110 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
48201320700 is a census tract in the Meadowbrook area of Houston, TX. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,110 residents. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,515
Renter share70.7%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$50,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6714, -95.2500 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meadowbrook scores 4.8
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
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,121 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 476Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.6%Peak (2013)
- 82Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 49% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 655Total filings 2020-21
- 8.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.47×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
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 29.8% against 11.3% nationally.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 71% 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.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Cost burden runs 56% here against 49.5% across Harris County.
Average gross rent is $1,121, 18% below the Houston average. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 476 evictions over 7 years of observation. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2013 at 9.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201320700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201320700?
Census tract 48201320700 in the Meadowbrook neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 48201320700?
Median gross rent is $1,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201320700?
18.9% of residents in tract 48201320700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,110.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201320700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 87th, minority 92th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 48201320700 considered part of Meadowbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201320700 fall within Meadowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201320700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 476 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201320700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.65% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201320700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.47× 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 48201320700 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201320700 scores 4.8/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Houston
Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · TX
Mayfair
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Mahatma Gandhi District
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Huntington Village
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Spring Branch
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Fallbrook
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Fifth Ward
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Southgate
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Westbury
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Related