Within neighborhood
10
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Mahatma Gandhi District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201432804 · Harris, TX · pop 1,873 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 4.7/10, tract 48201432804 in the Mahatma Gandhi District area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,873 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 52%
Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units846
Renter share83.8%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate20.9%
Median income$60,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7183, -95.5068 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mahatma Gandhi District scores 4.7
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
20.9% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,084 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Mahatma Gandhi District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 356Total filings 2020-21
- 4.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.87×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 Mahatma Gandhi District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mahatma Gandhi District
Adults with no health insurance runs 31.1% against 11.3% nationally. This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Cost burden runs 39% here against 49.5% across Harris County.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Average gross rent is $1,084, 20% below the Houston average. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
It sits 0.7 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
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 48201432804
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201432804?
Census tract 48201432804 in the Mahatma Gandhi District neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 48201432804?
Median gross rent is $1,084/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201432804?
20.9% of residents in tract 48201432804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,873.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201432804?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 19th, minority 89th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 48201432804 considered part of Mahatma Gandhi District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201432804 fall within Mahatma Gandhi District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201432804 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.87× 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 48201432804 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201432804 scores 4.7/10, 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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