Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Crestmont Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201331900 · Harris, TX · pop 3,651 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 48201331900 covers part of the Crestmont area of Houston, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,651 residents. 66% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,352
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate19.0%
Median income$52,926
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6627, -95.3467 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crestmont scores 4.8
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
19.0% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,258 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 Crestmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 471Total filings over 7 yrs
- 20.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.5%Peak (2009)
- 56Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 384Total filings 2020-21
- 5.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.91×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 Crestmont. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crestmont
Cost burden runs 80% here against 49.5% across Harris County. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.2% against 11.3% nationally. Court records carry 471 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2009 at 25.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 20.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201331900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201331900?
Census tract 48201331900 in the Crestmont neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 48201331900?
Median gross rent is $1,258/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 80% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201331900?
19.0% of residents in tract 48201331900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,651.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201331900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 97th, minority 98th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 48201331900 considered part of Crestmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201331900 fall within Crestmont (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201331900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 471 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201331900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.67% of renter households, peaking at 25.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201331900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.91× 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 48201331900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201331900 scores 4.8/10, 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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