Within neighborhood
57
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Meadowbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201333100 · Harris, TX · pop 3,554 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 48201333100 covers the Meadowbrook neighborhood of Houston in Texas. Home to 3,554 residents, it scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 52% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $972 a month against an average household income of $37,688 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,440
Renter share51.7%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate21.7%
Median income$37,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6765, -95.2787 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meadowbrook scores 5.7
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
21.7% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$972 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Meadowbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 294Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.0%Peak (2015)
- 56Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 47% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 342Total filings 2020-21
- 4.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.31×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meadowbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meadowbrook
What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 294 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 6.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.0% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Asian and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201333100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201333100?
Census tract 48201333100 in the Meadowbrook neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 48201333100?
Median gross rent is $972/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201333100?
21.7% of residents in tract 48201333100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,554.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201333100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 57th, minority 92th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 48201333100 considered part of Meadowbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201333100 fall within Meadowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201333100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 294 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201333100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.75% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201333100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.31× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201333100 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201333100 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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 48201333100 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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