Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Westwood Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201420400 · Harris, TX · pop 3,187 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 48201420400 sits in the Westwood Park area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 19% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units1,520

Renter share37.8%

SVI overall0.28

Poverty rate1.1%

Median income$94,038

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.6575, -95.4559 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwood Park scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

1.1% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,695 rent vs county FMR

6.1

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 Westwood Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

33%Socioeconomic
35%Household composition
48%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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

40Total filings over 7 yrs
1.54%Avg annual filing rate
2.4%Peak (2012)
8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2009 to 2015

Filings climbed 300% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

87Total filings 2020-21
1.1Avg monthly (observed)
2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.48×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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

Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. At $1,695 a month, rents run 25% over what the rest of Houston commands. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.

The filing record is not thin: 40 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2012, when 2.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201420400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201420400?

Census tract 48201420400 in the Westwood Park 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.

What is the average rent in tract 48201420400?

Median gross rent is $1,695/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201420400?

1.1% of residents in tract 48201420400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,187.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201420400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 35th, minority 48th, housing 23th.

Is tract 48201420400 considered part of Westwood Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201420400 fall within Westwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201420400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201420400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.54% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 48201420400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.

How does tract 48201420400 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201420400 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org