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Mayfair Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201332300 · Harris, TX · pop 2,922 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

48201332300 is a census tract in the Mayfair area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,922. The severe-burden share is 43%, 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 25% Stable renters 12% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,000
Renter share37.4%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate21.2%
Median income$42,847

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 7 tracts In Mayfair
Moderate
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#89 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#159 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 29.6666, -95.3234 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mayfair 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
21.2% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,177 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Mayfair compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mayfair risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 3323003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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)

  • 412Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 18.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.1%Peak (2011)
  • 59Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201332300
Filings climbed 40% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 154Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.45×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Mayfair. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mayfair

Cost burden runs 68% here against 49.5% across Harris County. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 31.1% against 11.3% nationally. Disability prevalence runs 48.6% against 31.5% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $42,847 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Court records carry 412 eviction filings across 7 observed years.

At $1,177 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Houston commands.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201332300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201332300?

Census tract 48201332300 in the Mayfair 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 48201332300?

Median gross rent is $1,177/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201332300?

21.2% of residents in tract 48201332300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,922.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201332300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 90th, minority 96th, housing 36th.
Q5

Is tract 48201332300 considered part of Mayfair?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201332300 fall within Mayfair (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201332300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 412 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201332300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.34% of renter households, peaking at 20.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201332300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× 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 48201332300 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201332300 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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