Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Royden Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201411507 · Harris, TX · pop 2,068 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
48201411507 is a census tract in the Royden Oaks area of Houston, TX. It scores 3.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,068 residents. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units1,265
Renter share84.2%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$82,560
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7382, -95.4385 · click any tract to drill in
Why Royden Oaks scores 3.8
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
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,711 rent vs county FMR
6.2
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 Royden Oaks compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%Housing & transportation
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)
- 295Total filings 2020-21
- 3.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 4.01×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 Royden Oaks. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Royden Oaks
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 84% 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, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Average gross rent is $1,711, 26% above the Houston average. Cost burden runs 45% here against 49.5% across Harris County. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $82,560.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201411507
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201411507?
Census tract 48201411507 in the Royden Oaks neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 48201411507?
Median gross rent is $1,711/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201411507?
16.5% of residents in tract 48201411507 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,068.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201411507?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 6th, minority 65th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 48201411507 considered part of Royden Oaks?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201411507 fall within Royden Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201411507 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 4.01× 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 48201411507 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201411507 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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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