Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Sharpstown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201422701 · Harris, TX · pop 5,120 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 48201422701 covers part of the Sharpstown area of Houston, TX, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,120. Adults with no health insurance runs 34.8% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,646
Renter share52.9%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$60,909
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6974, -95.5000 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sharpstown scores 4
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
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,375 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Sharpstown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 330Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.4%Peak (2014)
- 35Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 183Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.67×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 Sharpstown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sharpstown
Cost burden runs 35% here against 49.5% across Harris County. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Court records carry 330 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 6.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201422701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201422701?
Census tract 48201422701 in the Sharpstown neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 48201422701?
Median gross rent is $1,375/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201422701?
13.6% of residents in tract 48201422701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,120.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201422701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 87th, minority 93th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 48201422701 considered part of Sharpstown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201422701 fall within Sharpstown (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201422701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 330 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201422701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.01% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201422701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× 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 48201422701 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201422701 scores 4/10, 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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