Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Brookhaven Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201331100 · Harris, TX · pop 3,470 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
48201331100 is a census tract in the Brookhaven area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,546
Renter share44.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate26.0%
Median income$53,974
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
77
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 29.6750, -95.3691 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookhaven 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
26.0% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,257 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Brookhaven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 613Total filings over 7 yrs
- 14.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.8%Peak (2014)
- 105Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 78% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 577Total filings 2020-21
- 7.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to 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 Brookhaven. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookhaven
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.0% against 11.3% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 613 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2014 at 21.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 14.9% 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 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201331100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201331100?
Census tract 48201331100 in the Brookhaven 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 48201331100?
Median gross rent is $1,257/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201331100?
26.0% of residents in tract 48201331100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,470.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201331100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 88th, minority 97th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 48201331100 considered part of Brookhaven?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201331100 fall within Brookhaven (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201331100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 613 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201331100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.93% of renter households, peaking at 21.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201331100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201331100 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201331100 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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