Mahatma Gandhi District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201421203 · Harris, TX · pop 2,451 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201421203 in the Mahatma Gandhi District area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,451 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7240, -95.4871 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mahatma Gandhi District scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Mahatma Gandhi District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
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)
- 72Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.35×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.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Mahatma Gandhi District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What drives eviction risk in Mahatma Gandhi District
Adults with no health insurance runs 38.8% against 11.3% nationally. 100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
The poverty rate is 41%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,067, 22% below the Houston average. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Harris County average of 49.5%. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $40,934.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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