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Fondren Gardens Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201330303 · Harris, TX · pop 4,588 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

48201330303 is a census tract in the Fondren Gardens area of Houston, TX. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,588 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 32% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,030
Renter share63.2%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$57,679

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Fondren Gardens
Very Low
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#545 of 952 tracts In Houston
Moderate
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#603 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Moderate
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#3,403 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.6264, -95.4975 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fondren Gardens scores 3.6

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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,296 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Fondren Gardens compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fondren Gardens risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 3303033.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 807Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 14.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.2%Peak (2010)
  • 58Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201330303
Filings dropped 50% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 574Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.11×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fondren Gardens. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fondren Gardens

Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 24.7% against 11.3% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 807 filings here across 7 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 26.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 14.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

49% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,296, close to the Houston average.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $57,679. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201330303

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201330303?

Census tract 48201330303 in the Fondren Gardens neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 48201330303?

Median gross rent is $1,296/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201330303?

8.8% of residents in tract 48201330303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,588.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201330303?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 78th, minority 90th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 48201330303 considered part of Fondren Gardens?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201330303 fall within Fondren Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201330303?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 807 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201330303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.44% of renter households, peaking at 26.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201330303 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.11× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201330303 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201330303 scores 3.6/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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