Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Sharpstown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201422800 · Harris, TX · pop 5,360 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
48201422800 is a census tract in the Sharpstown area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,360 residents. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,606
Renter share73.3%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$52,615
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
99
th percentile
Very High
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6900, -95.5178 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sharpstown 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
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,119 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 350Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2014)
- 48Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 37% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 231Total filings 2020-21
- 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.65×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
Adults with no health insurance runs 32.3% against 11.3% nationally. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 73% 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.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.
Average gross rent is $1,119, 18% below the Houston average. Court records carry 350 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened. The worst year on record was 2014, when 11.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 6.5% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201422800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201422800?
Census tract 48201422800 in the Sharpstown 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 48201422800?
Median gross rent is $1,119/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201422800?
28.0% of residents in tract 48201422800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,360.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201422800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 80th, minority 88th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 48201422800 considered part of Sharpstown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201422800 fall within Sharpstown (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201422800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 350 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201422800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.49% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201422800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.65× 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 48201422800 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201422800 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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