Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Westbury Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201422404 · Harris, TX · pop 2,494 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 48201422404 sits in the Westbury area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 38.7% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units904
Renter share79.2%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate23.4%
Median income$48,239
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6550, -95.4971 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westbury scores 5.1
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
23.4% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$980 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Westbury 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.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 145Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.36×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 Westbury. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westbury
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.4/10.
Average gross rent is $980, 28% below the Houston average. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201422404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201422404?
Census tract 48201422404 in the Westbury 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 48201422404?
Median gross rent is $980/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201422404?
23.4% of residents in tract 48201422404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,494.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201422404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 85th, minority 91th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 48201422404 considered part of Westbury?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201422404 fall within Westbury (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201422404 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.36× 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 48201422404 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201422404 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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