Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Linkwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201413204 · Harris, TX · pop 964 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 4.9/10 for census tract 48201413204 reflects conditions in Linkwood in Houston, Texas. That is riskier than about 34% of US census tracts.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,331 a month while the average household earns $68,194 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 95% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 70%
Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units639
Renter share95.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate26.3%
Median income$68,194
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6992, -95.4246 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linkwood scores 5.2
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
26.3% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,331 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Linkwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 526Total filings 2020-21
- 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 16.70×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 Linkwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linkwood
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 6.6/10. 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 about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 31st 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 16.70x 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 48201413204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201413204?
Census tract 48201413204 in the Linkwood neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 48201413204?
Median gross rent is $1,331/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201413204?
26.3% of residents in tract 48201413204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 964.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201413204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 1th, minority 76th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 48201413204 considered part of Linkwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201413204 fall within Linkwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201413204 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 16.70× 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 48201413204 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201413204 scores 5.2/10, 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.
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