Within neighborhood
31
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Chinatown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201432401 · Harris, TX · pop 4,411 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 48201432401 covers the Chinatown area of Houston in Texas. Home to 4,411 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.
56% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,160 a month against an average household income of $41,337 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 66% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,723
Renter share66.2%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$41,337
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7232, -95.5433 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chinatown scores 5.7
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
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,160 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Chinatown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 347Total filings 2020-21
- 4.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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
What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.88x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201432401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201432401?
Census tract 48201432401 in the Chinatown neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 48201432401?
Median gross rent is $1,160/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201432401?
23.0% of residents in tract 48201432401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,411.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201432401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 37th, minority 87th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 48201432401 considered part of Chinatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201432401 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201432401 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201432401 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201432401 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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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