Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Avondale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201330700 · Harris, TX · pop 9,562 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 48201330700 covers part of the Avondale area of Houston, TX, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 9,562. Against Harris County at 49.5%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,561
Renter share40.3%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$66,130
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.5979, -95.4429 · click any tract to drill in
Why Avondale scores 4.3
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
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,385 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Avondale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 600Total filings over 7 yrs
- 12.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.0%Peak (2012)
- 69Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 341Total filings 2020-21
- 4.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.61×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Avondale. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Avondale
Adults with no health insurance runs 34.4% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 600 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 18.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 12.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,385, close to the Houston average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201330700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201330700?
Census tract 48201330700 in the Avondale neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 48201330700?
Median gross rent is $1,385/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201330700?
17.1% of residents in tract 48201330700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,562.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201330700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 91th, minority 98th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 48201330700 considered part of Avondale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201330700 fall within Avondale (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201330700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 600 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201330700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.49% of renter households, peaking at 18.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201330700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201330700 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201330700 scores 4.3/10, 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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