Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Lamar Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201431403 · Harris, TX · pop 1,840 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 48201431403 covers part of the Lamar Terrace area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units953
Renter share62.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$98,105
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7442, -95.4784 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lamar Terrace scores 3.5
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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,664 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Lamar Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 72Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.85×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 Lamar Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lamar Terrace
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,664, 22% above the Houston average.
Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 49% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $98,105. 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201431403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201431403?
Census tract 48201431403 in the Lamar Terrace neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 48201431403?
Median gross rent is $1,664/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201431403?
17.7% of residents in tract 48201431403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,840.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201431403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 3th, minority 72th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 48201431403 considered part of Lamar Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201431403 fall within Lamar Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201431403 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.85× 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 48201431403 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201431403 scores 3.5/10, right in line with 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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