Within neighborhood
85
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Mahatma Gandhi District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201432705 · Harris, TX · pop 5,562 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 48201432705 sits in the Mahatma Gandhi District area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 5,562. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 62%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units1,716
Renter share97.2%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate50.1%
Median income$35,152
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7254, -95.4963 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mahatma Gandhi District 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
50.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,161 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 Mahatma Gandhi District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 56Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.43×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Mahatma Gandhi District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mahatma Gandhi District
Adults with no health insurance runs 56.2% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 50%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
This is renter territory: 97% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Set annual rent against average income of $35,152 and the ratio lands at 40%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 49.7% against 31.5% nationally.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.
At $1,161 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Houston commands.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201432705
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201432705?
Census tract 48201432705 in the Mahatma Gandhi District 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 48201432705?
Median gross rent is $1,161/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201432705?
50.1% of residents in tract 48201432705 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,562.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201432705?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 77th, minority 97th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 48201432705 considered part of Mahatma Gandhi District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201432705 fall within Mahatma Gandhi District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201432705 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.43× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201432705 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201432705 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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