Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Clear Lake City Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201341001 · Harris, TX · pop 4,056 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
48201341001 is a census tract in the Clear Lake City area of Houston, TX. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. This is renter territory: 93% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 55%
Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units2,352
Renter share93.2%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$59,684
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
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 29.5520, -95.1365 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clear Lake City 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
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,322 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Clear Lake City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 571Total filings 2020-21
- 7.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.13×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 Clear Lake City. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clear Lake City
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 5.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,322, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $59,684.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201341001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201341001?
Census tract 48201341001 in the Clear Lake City 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 48201341001?
Median gross rent is $1,322/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201341001?
12.4% of residents in tract 48201341001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,056.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201341001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 31th, minority 67th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 48201341001 considered part of Clear Lake City?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201341001 fall within Clear Lake City (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201341001 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.13× 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 48201341001 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201341001 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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