Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Pamela Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201330200 · Harris, TX · pop 4,997 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
48201330200 is a census tract in the Pamela Heights area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,997. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,523
Renter share45.1%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate28.1%
Median income$53,903
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6347, -95.4537 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pamela Heights scores 5.1
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
28.1% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,163 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Pamela Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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)
- 386Total filings over 7 yrs
- 12.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.0%Peak (2009)
- 45Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 47% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 471Total filings 2020-21
- 6.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.70×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 Pamela Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pamela Heights
Adults with no health insurance runs 30.9% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 386 filings here across 7 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,163, 15% below the Houston average.
Filings peaked in 2009 at 27.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 12.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201330200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201330200?
Census tract 48201330200 in the Pamela Heights 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 48201330200?
Median gross rent is $1,163/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201330200?
28.1% of residents in tract 48201330200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,997.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201330200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 52th, minority 95th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 48201330200 considered part of Pamela Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201330200 fall within Pamela Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201330200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 386 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201330200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.45% of renter households, peaking at 27.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201330200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.70× 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 48201330200 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201330200 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.
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