Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Avondale East Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201410602 · Harris, TX · pop 2,508 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 48201410602 covers Avondale East in Houston, home to 2,508 residents. For landlords it grades 4.8/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 31st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,750 a month against an average household income of $95,199 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 78% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 53%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,759
Renter share77.8%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$95,199
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
35
th percentile
Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7494, -95.3779 · click any tract to drill in
Why Avondale East 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
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,750 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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 East compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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
- 72%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 12%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 512Total filings 2020-21
- 6.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 5.89×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 Avondale East. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Avondale East
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.4/10. 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 in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 17th 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 5.89x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201410602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201410602?
Census tract 48201410602 in the Avondale East 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 48201410602?
Median gross rent is $1,750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201410602?
11.1% of residents in tract 48201410602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,508.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201410602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 1th, minority 65th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 48201410602 considered part of Avondale East?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201410602 fall within Avondale East (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201410602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 5.89× 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 48201410602 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201410602 scores 3.9/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 48201410602 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. 12% 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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