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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Chinatown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201432301 · Harris, TX · pop 3,614 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 48201432301 covers part of the Chinatown area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,614. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 58% Stable renters 39% Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units1,797
Renter share97.3%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate27.7%
Median income$45,104

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 17 tracts In Chinatown
Very High
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#302 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#211 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7325, -95.5413 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chinatown scores 5.1

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
27.7% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,216 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Chinatown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chinatown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4323013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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)

  • 1,014Total filings 2020-21
  • 13.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 11.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.17×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Chinatown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chinatown

97% 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. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 28.3% against 11.3% nationally. Cost burden runs 60% here against 49.5% across Harris County. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $45,104 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Average gross rent is $1,216, 11% below the Houston average.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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 48201432301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201432301?

Census tract 48201432301 in the Chinatown neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 48201432301?

Median gross rent is $1,216/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201432301?

27.7% of residents in tract 48201432301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,614.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201432301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 31th, minority 91th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 48201432301 considered part of Chinatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201432301 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201432301 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201432301 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201432301 scores 5.1/10, 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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