Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
The Cove Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201340501 · Harris, TX · pop 3,948 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
48201340501 is a census tract in the The Cove area of Houston, TX. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,948. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 49.5% across Harris County.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,733
Renter share53.4%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$79,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.5692, -95.1207 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Cove scores 3.9
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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,164 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 The Cove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 212Total filings 2020-21
- 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.14×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within The Cove. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Cove
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $1,164 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Houston commands. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $79,375, annual rent is just 18%.
It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. 53% 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 48201340501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201340501?
Census tract 48201340501 in the The Cove neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 48201340501?
Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201340501?
17.3% of residents in tract 48201340501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,948.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201340501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 67th, minority 56th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 48201340501 considered part of The Cove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201340501 fall within The Cove (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201340501 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.14× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201340501 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201340501 scores 3.9/10, right in line with 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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