Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Southgate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201413205 · Harris, TX · pop 1,566 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Southgate in Houston anchors census tract 48201413205, which lands at 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 41% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,393 monthly, set against $63,046 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units902
Renter share63.0%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$63,046
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7032, -95.4206 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southgate scores 4.6
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
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,393 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 58Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.87×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
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 4.1/10. 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 White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 26th 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 3.87x 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 48201413205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201413205?
Census tract 48201413205 in the Southgate neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 48201413205?
Median gross rent is $1,393/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201413205?
14.5% of residents in tract 48201413205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,566.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201413205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 10th, minority 61th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 48201413205 considered part of Southgate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201413205 fall within Southgate (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201413205 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.87× 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 48201413205 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201413205 scores 4.6/10, 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.
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