Within neighborhood
13
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Chinatown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201432302 · Harris, TX · pop 1,948 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 48201432302 sits in the Chinatown area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 1,948. 100% 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.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 57%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units961
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate33.7%
Median income$51,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7308, -95.5463 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chinatown scores 5.1
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
33.7% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$1,240 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 1,246Total filings 2020-21
- 16.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.52×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 Chinatown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chinatown
The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 25.1% against 11.3% nationally. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 43% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.
At $1,240 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Houston commands. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $51,750.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201432302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201432302?
Census tract 48201432302 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 48201432302?
Median gross rent is $1,240/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201432302?
33.7% of residents in tract 48201432302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,948.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201432302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 98th, minority 82th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 48201432302 considered part of Chinatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201432302 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201432302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.52× 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 48201432302 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201432302 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.
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