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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Hamlin's Woodland Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201333000 · Harris, TX · pop 3,917 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

48201333000 is a census tract in the Hamlin's Woodland area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Adults with no health insurance runs 36.3% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 19% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,053
Renter share38.7%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$64,013

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 8 tracts In Hamlin's Woodland
Very High
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#188 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#163 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 29.6815, -95.2853 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hamlin's Woodland 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
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,136 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Hamlin's Woodland compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hamlin's Woodland risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 3330003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 184Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 9.84%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.2%Peak (2012)
  • 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201333000
Filings dropped 35% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 74Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.48×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 Hamlin's Woodland. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hamlin's Woodland

Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running cool, 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. At $1,136 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Houston commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 184 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 14.2% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Houston. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 9.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201333000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201333000?

Census tract 48201333000 in the Hamlin's Woodland 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 48201333000?

Median gross rent is $1,136/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201333000?

25.7% of residents in tract 48201333000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,917.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201333000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 88th, minority 91th, housing 70th.
Q5

Is tract 48201333000 considered part of Hamlin's Woodland?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201333000 fall within Hamlin's Woodland (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201333000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 184 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201333000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.84% of renter households, peaking at 14.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201333000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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 48201333000 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201333000 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.
Q9

Was tract 48201333000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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