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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Central Southwest Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48201334102 · Harris, TX · pop 6,550 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

48201334102 is a census tract in the Central Southwest Houston area of Houston, TX. It scores 4.9/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 25% here against 49.5% across Harris County.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 27% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,338
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate24.1%
Median income$70,990

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Central Southwest Houston
Very Low
Within parent city
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#327 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#355 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#1,124 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.6473, -95.4314 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Southwest Houston scores 4.9

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
24.1% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,304 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Central Southwest Houston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Central Southwest Houston risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 3341023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 956Total filings 2020-21
  • 12.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.70×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Central Southwest Houston. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central Southwest Houston

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.0% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.9 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,304, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $70,990.

36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201334102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201334102?

Census tract 48201334102 in the Central Southwest Houston neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 48201334102?

Median gross rent is $1,304/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201334102?

24.1% of residents in tract 48201334102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,550.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201334102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 84th, minority 90th, housing 75th.
Q5

Is tract 48201334102 considered part of Central Southwest Houston?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201334102 fall within Central Southwest Houston (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201334102 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.70× 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.
Q7

How does tract 48201334102 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201334102 scores 4.9/10, 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

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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