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Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Lamar Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201431901 · Harris, TX · pop 2,526 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

48201431901 is a census tract in the Lamar Terrace area of Houston, TX. It scores 4.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,526. 44% 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
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 24% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,636
Renter share72.5%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$53,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 11 tracts In Lamar Terrace
Elevated
Within parent city
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#446 of 952 tracts In Houston
Moderate
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#503 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Moderate
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#2,577 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7296, -95.4646 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lamar Terrace scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,666 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.
Lamar Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.1This tracttract 4319013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 490Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 3.17×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 49.5% across Harris County. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income of $53,125, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 72% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. At $1,666 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Houston commands.

Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.

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 48201431901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201431901?

Census tract 48201431901 in the Lamar Terrace neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 48201431901?

Median gross rent is $1,666/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201431901?

12.5% of residents in tract 48201431901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,526.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201431901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 2th, minority 71th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 48201431901 considered part of Lamar Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201431901 fall within Lamar Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201431901 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 3.17× 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 48201431901 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201431901 scores 4.1/10, higher 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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