Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Westwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201420100 · Harris, TX · pop 2,776 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
In the Westwood Park area of Houston, census tract 48201420100 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 37th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $949 a month against an average household income of $55,140 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 73% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,590
Renter share72.7%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$55,140
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6734, -95.4357 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westwood Park scores 4.5
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
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$949 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Westwood Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 830Total filings over 7 yrs
- 10.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.8%Peak (2014)
- 125Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,128Total filings 2020-21
- 14.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.40×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 Westwood Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westwood Park
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 3.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 Black and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.40x 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 48201420100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201420100?
Census tract 48201420100 in the Westwood Park neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 48201420100?
Median gross rent is $949/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201420100?
9.8% of residents in tract 48201420100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,776.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201420100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 30th, minority 89th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 48201420100 considered part of Westwood Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201420100 fall within Westwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201420100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 830 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201420100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.29% of renter households, peaking at 14.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201420100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.40× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201420100 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201420100 scores 4.5/10, 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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