Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Vassar Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201410900 · Harris, TX · pop 3,238 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Vassar Place in Houston anchors census tract 48201410900, which lands at 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #63,423 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
28% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,807 monthly, set against $105,463 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 75% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.6
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 parent city
26
th percentile
Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
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 3.6
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%Housing & transportation
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.
- 62%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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
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 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
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
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.8/10. 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.
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 1.81x 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 48201410900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201410900?
Census tract 48201410900 in the Vassar Place neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 3.6/10, 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.
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.
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