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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Central Southwest Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48201330101 · Harris, TX · pop 5,626 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 48201330101 covers part of the Central Southwest Houston area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Harris County at 49.5%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 36% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,669
Renter share45.7%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate26.9%
Median income$71,056

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Central Southwest Houston
Very High
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#194 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#143 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 29.6345, -95.4243 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Southwest Houston 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
26.9% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,620 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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 Central Southwest Houston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Central Southwest Houston risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 3301013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

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)

  • 223Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.73×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Central Southwest Houston. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central Southwest Houston

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 31.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. 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.

The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $1,620, 19% above the Houston average. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $71,056.

46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201330101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201330101?

Census tract 48201330101 in the Central Southwest Houston 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 48201330101?

Median gross rent is $1,620/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201330101?

26.9% of residents in tract 48201330101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,626.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201330101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 66th, minority 98th, housing 13th.
Q5

Is tract 48201330101 considered part of Central Southwest Houston?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201330101 fall within Central Southwest Houston (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201330101 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.73× 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 48201330101 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201330101 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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