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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Lamar Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201432704 · Harris, TX · pop 1,711 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 48201432704 sits in the Lamar Terrace area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. It is home to 1,711 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 39.1% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 57% Stable renters 42% Owners 1%
Tract context
Occupied units591
Renter share98.6%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$46,067

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 11 tracts In Lamar Terrace
High
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#381 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#423 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#1,731 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7289, -95.4822 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lamar Terrace scores 4.6

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
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,135 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 / state4.6This tracttract 4327043.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 224Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.21×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 Lamar Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lamar Terrace

This is renter territory: 99% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Cost burden runs 58% here against 49.5% across Harris County. At $1,135 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Houston commands.

Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201432704

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201432704?

Census tract 48201432704 in the Lamar Terrace neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 48201432704?

Median gross rent is $1,135/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201432704?

16.5% of residents in tract 48201432704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,711.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201432704?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 57th, minority 86th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 48201432704 considered part of Lamar Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201432704 fall within Lamar Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201432704 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.21× 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 48201432704 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201432704 scores 4.6/10, 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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