Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Meyerland Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201420900 · Harris, TX · pop 6,147 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 48201420900 in the Meyerland area of Bellaire, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,147 residents. What pushes it up most is supply constraint at 10/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,262
Renter share14.5%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$218,587
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6973, -95.4691 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meyerland scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Houston
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,432 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houston
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houston
3.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houston
4.8
How Meyerland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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)
- 20Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2015)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 4Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.21×Ratio to baseline
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 Meyerland. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meyerland
The voucher gap is 124.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 38% here against 49.5% across Harris County. Average gross rent is $3,432, 28% above the Bellaire average.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 18.3% against 31.5% nationally.
It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 20 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 4.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201420900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201420900?
Census tract 48201420900 in the Meyerland 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 48201420900?
Median gross rent is $3,432/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201420900?
2.1% of residents in tract 48201420900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,147.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201420900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 46th, minority 49th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 48201420900 considered part of Meyerland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201420900 fall within Meyerland (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201420900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201420900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.53% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201420900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.21× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201420900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201420900 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.
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