Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Crestmont Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201331800 · Harris, TX · pop 3,685 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 48201331800 covers part of the Crestmont area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,685. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,315
Renter share43.3%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate32.0%
Median income$41,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6525, -95.3438 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crestmont 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
32.0% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$1,199 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Crestmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 1,130Total filings over 7 yrs
- 27.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 32.0%Peak (2011)
- 99Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 478Total filings 2020-21
- 6.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.59×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 Crestmont. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crestmont
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $41,375, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.2% against 11.3% nationally. Disability prevalence runs 43.6% against 31.5% nationally.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,130 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,199, 12% below the Houston average. Filings peaked in 2011 at 32.0% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201331800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201331800?
Census tract 48201331800 in the Crestmont 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 48201331800?
Median gross rent is $1,199/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201331800?
32.0% of residents in tract 48201331800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,685.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201331800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 99th, minority 99th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 48201331800 considered part of Crestmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201331800 fall within Crestmont (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201331800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,130 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201331800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 27.80% of renter households, peaking at 32.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201331800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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 48201331800 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201331800 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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