Within neighborhood
64
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Briargrove Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201431206 · Harris, TX · pop 1,862 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
48201431206 is a census tract in the Briargrove area of Houston, TX. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,862 residents. Cost burden runs 31% here against 49.5% across Harris County.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 67%
Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units1,000
Renter share96.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$69,989
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7409, -95.5140 · click any tract to drill in
Why Briargrove scores 3.3
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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,429 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Briargrove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 761Total filings 2020-21
- 9.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 4.97×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 Briargrove. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Briargrove
This is renter territory: 97% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,429, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $69,989.
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 48201431206
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201431206?
Census tract 48201431206 in the Briargrove neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 48201431206?
Median gross rent is $1,429/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201431206?
8.8% of residents in tract 48201431206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,862.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201431206?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 9th, minority 81th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 48201431206 considered part of Briargrove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201431206 fall within Briargrove (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201431206 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 4.97× 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 48201431206 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201431206 scores 3.3/10, lower 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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