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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Weslayan Plaza Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201411506 · Harris, TX · pop 2,837 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

48201411506 is a census tract in the Weslayan Plaza area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Harris County average of 49.5%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 59% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,876
Renter share81.0%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$127,710

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Weslayan Plaza
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#639 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#854 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 29.7331, -95.4395 · click any tract to drill in

Why Weslayan Plaza 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
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,867 rent vs county FMR
7.2
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 Weslayan Plaza compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Weslayan Plaza risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 4115063.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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

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)

  • 264Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 4.00×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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Weslayan Plaza

Average gross rent is $1,867, 37% above the Houston average. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 81% 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.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.3/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

The voucher gap is 22.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $127,710, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201411506

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201411506?

Census tract 48201411506 in the Weslayan Plaza 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 48201411506?

Median gross rent is $1,867/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201411506?

5.1% of residents in tract 48201411506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,837.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201411506?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 0th, minority 64th, housing 56th.
Q5

Is tract 48201411506 considered part of Weslayan Plaza?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201411506 fall within Weslayan Plaza (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201411506 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 4.00× 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 48201411506 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201411506 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.
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