Within neighborhood
29
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tanglewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201431600 · Harris, TX · pop 3,324 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
48201431600 is a census tract in the Tanglewood area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,324. 45% 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
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,756
Renter share27.1%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$120,714
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7648, -95.4843 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tanglewood scores 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
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,878 rent vs county FMR
7.3
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 Tanglewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 23Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2011)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 27Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.64×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 Tanglewood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tanglewood
Average gross rent is $1,878, 38% above the Houston average. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Cost burden runs 62% here against 49.5% across Harris County. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
The voucher gap is 22.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
Court records carry 23 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Filings peaked in 2011 at 1.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.9/10.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201431600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201431600?
Census tract 48201431600 in the Tanglewood neighborhood scores 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 48201431600?
Median gross rent is $1,878/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201431600?
7.8% of residents in tract 48201431600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,324.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201431600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 69th, minority 20th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 48201431600 considered part of Tanglewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201431600 fall within Tanglewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201431600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 48201431600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.15% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201431600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.64× 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 48201431600 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201431600 scores 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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