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Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Whispering Oaks Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201431102 · Harris, TX · pop 4,309 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 48201431102 covers part of the Whispering Oaks area of Houston, TX, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,309. 66% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Harris County average of 49.5%.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53% Stable renters 27% Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units2,101
Renter share80.4%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$60,174

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Whispering Oaks
Very High
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#404 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#456 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#2,131 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7415, -95.5283 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whispering Oaks scores 4.4

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
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,623 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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 Whispering Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whispering Oaks risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 4311023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 557Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.3%Peak (2010)
  • 86Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201431102
Filings climbed 72% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,121Total filings 2020-21
  • 14.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.59×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Whispering Oaks. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whispering Oaks

Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 80% 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.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $60,174 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Average gross rent is $1,623, 19% above the Houston average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 557 filings here across 7 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 6.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201431102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201431102?

Census tract 48201431102 in the Whispering Oaks neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 48201431102?

Median gross rent is $1,623/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201431102?

16.9% of residents in tract 48201431102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,309.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201431102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 88th, minority 80th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 48201431102 considered part of Whispering Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201431102 fall within Whispering Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201431102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 557 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201431102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.38% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201431102 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.59× 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.
Q8

How does tract 48201431102 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201431102 scores 4.4/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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