Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Southmore Plaza Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201321700 · Harris, TX · pop 3,389 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 48201321700 covers part of the Southmore Plaza area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,389 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,037
Renter share17.6%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$73,970
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6777, -95.2356 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southmore Plaza scores 3.4
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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,588 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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 Southmore Plaza compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 60Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.1%Peak (2010)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 56Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.44×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 Southmore Plaza. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southmore Plaza
Adults with no health insurance runs 31.6% against 11.3% nationally. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,588, 17% above the Houston average.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 60 filings here across 7 tracked years. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 10.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 7.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201321700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201321700?
Census tract 48201321700 in the Southmore Plaza neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 48201321700?
Median gross rent is $1,588/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201321700?
11.0% of residents in tract 48201321700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,389.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201321700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 54th, minority 86th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 48201321700 considered part of Southmore Plaza?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201321700 fall within Southmore Plaza (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201321700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 60 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201321700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.86% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201321700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.44× 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 48201321700 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201321700 scores 3.4/10, lower 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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