Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lamar Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201432004 · Harris, TX · pop 2,128 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 48201432004 covers part of the Lamar Terrace area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,128 residents. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units815
Renter share17.7%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$124,092
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7347, -95.4762 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lamar Terrace 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
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,231 rent vs county FMR
9.6
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: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 53Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.68×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
around two-thirds of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Harris County average of 49.5%. Average gross rent is $2,231, 64% above the Houston average.
The voucher gap is 45.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 9.6/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 19.2% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.4/10.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201432004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201432004?
Census tract 48201432004 in the Lamar Terrace 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 48201432004?
Median gross rent is $2,231/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201432004?
3.2% of residents in tract 48201432004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,128.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201432004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 14th, minority 68th, housing 9th.
Q5
Is tract 48201432004 considered part of Lamar Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201432004 fall within Lamar Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201432004 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.68× 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 48201432004 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201432004 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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