Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,699 of 84,120 nationally
Mahatma Gandhi District Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201421501 · Harris, TX · pop 4,570 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
How risky is Mahatma Gandhi District in Houston for landlords? Census tract 48201421501 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,059 a month while the average household earns $35,490 a year, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 91% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units1,502
Renter share91.1%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate45.4%
Median income$35,490
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
99
th percentile
Very High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7108, -95.4759 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mahatma Gandhi District scores 3.8
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
45.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)
- 550Total filings 2020-21
- 7.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.42×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 Mahatma Gandhi District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mahatma Gandhi District
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 99th 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 1.42x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201421501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201421501?
Census tract 48201421501 in the Mahatma Gandhi District neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 48201421501?
Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201421501?
45.4% of residents in tract 48201421501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,570.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201421501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 90th, minority 93th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 48201421501 considered part of Mahatma Gandhi District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201421501 fall within Mahatma Gandhi District (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201421501 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.42× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48201421501 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201421501 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.7/10. 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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3.8
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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