Within neighborhood
30
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Lamar Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201431801 · Harris, TX · pop 3,465 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 48201431801 sits in the Lamar Terrace area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,970
Renter share72.3%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$81,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
37
th percentile
Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7440, -95.4726 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lamar Terrace 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
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,665 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: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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)
- 205Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2015)
- 48Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 640Total filings 2020-21
- 8.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.36×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
The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. At $1,665 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Houston commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 205 filings here across 7 tracked years.
It sits 0.7 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2015, when 4.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201431801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201431801?
Census tract 48201431801 in the Lamar Terrace 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 48201431801?
Median gross rent is $1,665/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201431801?
11.4% of residents in tract 48201431801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,465.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201431801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 18th, minority 68th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 48201431801 considered part of Lamar Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201431801 fall within Lamar Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201431801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 205 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201431801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.51% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201431801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.36× 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 48201431801 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201431801 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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