Within neighborhood
73
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Briargrove Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201431304 · Harris, TX · pop 3,247 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 48201431304 sits in the Briargrove area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. Population here is 3,247. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units1,651
Renter share87.9%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$57,190
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7461, -95.4980 · click any tract to drill in
Why Briargrove scores 3.4
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
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,377 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 Briargrove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 499Total filings 2020-21
- 6.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.82×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: 88% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 0.6 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 51% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,377, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $57,190.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201431304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201431304?
Census tract 48201431304 in the Briargrove neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 48201431304?
Median gross rent is $1,377/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201431304?
6.8% of residents in tract 48201431304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,247.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201431304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 22th, minority 81th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 48201431304 considered part of Briargrove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201431304 fall within Briargrove (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201431304 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.82× 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 48201431304 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201431304 scores 3.4/10, 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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Highest-risk tracts in Houston
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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