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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Avondale Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201410502 · Harris, TX · pop 3,067 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

In the Avondale area of Houston, census tract 48201410502 scores 4.1/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #73,121 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 20% of renter households, a modest level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,432 monthly, set against $142,597 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 36% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,664
Renter share44.3%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$142,597

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Avondale
Very Low
Within parent city
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#855 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very Low
Within county
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#958 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very Low
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#4,987 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7491, -95.3851 · click any tract to drill in

Why Avondale scores 2.8

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
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,432 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Avondale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Avondale risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 410502Houston: 2.82.8Houstonparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 122Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.18×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2020-02-01: 4 filings (5.33× baseline)2020-03-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-07-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2021-10-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-02-01: 4 filings (8.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 4 filings (2.67× baseline)2022-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 4 filings (5.33× baseline)2022-10-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 5 filings (6.67× baseline)2022-12-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-01-01: 4 filings (5.33× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 3 filings (12.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 5 filings (5.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 3 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 4 filings (4.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 4 filings (5.33× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-03-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 3 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 4 filings (8.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-10-01: 5 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-02-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 3 filings (12.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 4 filings (8.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2025-12-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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 Avondale. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Avondale

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 4.4/10. 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 below the Harris County average of 5.2 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 1% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201410502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201410502?

Census tract 48201410502 in the Avondale neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 48201410502?

Median gross rent is $1,432/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201410502?

5.6% of residents in tract 48201410502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,067.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201410502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 1th, minority 47th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 48201410502 considered part of Avondale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201410502 fall within Avondale (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201410502 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.18× 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 48201410502 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201410502 scores 2.8/10, right in line with 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.
Q8

Was tract 48201410502 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. 1% 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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