Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Gulf Palms Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201321002 · Harris, TX · pop 5,279 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 48201321002 sits in the Gulf Palms area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.5/10. Population here is 5,279. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 79% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,783
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$59,496
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6399, -95.2258 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gulf Palms scores 3.5
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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,182 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Gulf Palms compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 125Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.83×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Gulf Palms. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gulf Palms
Adults with no health insurance runs 36.7% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. At $1,182 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Houston commands.
On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $59,496. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201321002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201321002?
Census tract 48201321002 in the Gulf Palms neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 48201321002?
Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201321002?
7.9% of residents in tract 48201321002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,279.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201321002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 62th, minority 90th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 48201321002 considered part of Gulf Palms?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201321002 fall within Gulf Palms (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201321002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.83× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201321002 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201321002 scores 3.5/10, 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.
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