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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Mahatma Gandhi District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201421206 · Harris, TX · pop 2,306 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

48201421206 is a census tract in the Mahatma Gandhi District area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs about three-quarters here against 49.5% across Harris County.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 72% Stable renters 28% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units781
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate39.9%
Median income$29,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 21 tracts In Mahatma Gandhi District
Low
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#299 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#182 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7182, -95.4869 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mahatma Gandhi District scores 5.1

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
39.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,035 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Mahatma Gandhi District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mahatma Gandhi District risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4212063.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

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)

  • 65Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.76×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mahatma Gandhi District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mahatma Gandhi District

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 59.0% against 11.3% nationally.

This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Disability prevalence runs 53.8% against 31.5% nationally. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $29,875, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. At $1,035 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Houston commands. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10.

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.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201421206

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201421206?

Census tract 48201421206 in the Mahatma Gandhi District neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 48201421206?

Median gross rent is $1,035/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201421206?

39.9% of residents in tract 48201421206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,306.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201421206?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 62th, minority 100th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 48201421206 considered part of Mahatma Gandhi District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201421206 fall within Mahatma Gandhi District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201421206 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201421206 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201421206 scores 5.1/10, higher 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.
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