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Vassar Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201410900 · Harris, TX · pop 3,238 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 48201410900 sits in the Vassar Place area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 3,238. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 54% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,127
Renter share74.8%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$105,463

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Vassar Place
Very High
Within parent city
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#805 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very Low
Within county
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#842 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7329, -95.3981 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vassar Place scores 3

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
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,807 rent vs county FMR
6.8
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 Vassar Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Vassar Place risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 4109003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 146Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 1.79%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.2%Peak (2011)
  • 15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201410900
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 233Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.81×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 Vassar Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Vassar Place

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,807, 33% above the Houston average.

75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Disability prevalence runs 18.2% against 31.5% nationally. 12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The voucher gap is 18.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 146 evictions over 7 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 2.2% of renter households.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201410900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201410900?

Census tract 48201410900 in the Vassar Place neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48201410900?

Median gross rent is $1,807/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201410900?

10.2% of residents in tract 48201410900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,238.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201410900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 1th, minority 56th, housing 23th.
Q5

Is tract 48201410900 considered part of Vassar Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201410900 fall within Vassar Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201410900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 146 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201410900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.79% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201410900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.81× 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.
Q8

How does tract 48201410900 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201410900 scores 3/10, lower 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.
Q9

Was tract 48201410900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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.
Sibling tracts

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

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