Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Southgate Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201412202 · Harris, TX · pop 3,768 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 48201412202 covers part of the Southgate area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,768 residents. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,393
Renter share41.1%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$155,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7057, -95.4137 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southgate scores 3
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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,407 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Southgate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 47Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.61×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 Southgate. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southgate
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Cost burden runs 63% here against 49.5% across Harris County.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Disability prevalence runs 19.1% against 31.5% nationally.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $155,917, 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.
Average gross rent is $1,407, close to the Houston average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201412202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201412202?
Census tract 48201412202 in the Southgate 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 48201412202?
Median gross rent is $1,407/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201412202?
8.2% of residents in tract 48201412202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,768.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201412202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 10th, minority 49th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 48201412202 considered part of Southgate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201412202 fall within Southgate (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201412202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.61× 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 48201412202 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201412202 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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