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

Pamela Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201330400 · Harris, TX · pop 4,836 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 48201330400 sits in the Pamela Heights area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 4,836 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 34.4% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 20% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,485
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate28.7%
Median income$46,906

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Pamela Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#122 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#146 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 29.6160, -95.4545 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pamela Heights 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
28.7% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,072 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.
Pamela Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 3304003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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)

  • 309Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.2%Peak (2011)
  • 49Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201330400
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 278Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.07×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 Pamela Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pamela Heights

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. At $1,072 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Houston commands.

Cost burden runs 56% here against 49.5% across Harris County. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 309 filings here across 7 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 7.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201330400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201330400?

Census tract 48201330400 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 48201330400?

Median gross rent is $1,072/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201330400?

28.7% of residents in tract 48201330400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,836.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201330400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 87th, minority 95th, housing 57th.
Q5

Is tract 48201330400 considered part of Pamela Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201330400 fall within Pamela Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201330400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 309 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201330400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.73% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201330400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.07× 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 48201330400 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201330400 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

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

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