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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Westwood South Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201433503 · Harris, TX · pop 2,597 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201433503 in the Westwood South area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,597 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 39.5% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 55% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units733
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate33.1%
Median income$45,335

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 11 tracts In Westwood South
Low
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#302 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#233 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.6868, -95.5554 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwood South scores 5.1

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
33.1% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$982 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Westwood South compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westwood South risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4335033.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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)

  • 25Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.85×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Westwood South. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westwood South

This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

The poverty rate is 33%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. At $982 a month, rents run 28% under what the rest of Houston commands.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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 48201433503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201433503?

Census tract 48201433503 in the Westwood South 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 48201433503?

Median gross rent is $982/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201433503?

33.1% of residents in tract 48201433503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,597.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201433503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 76th, minority 98th, housing 69th.
Q5

Is tract 48201433503 considered part of Westwood South?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201433503 fall within Westwood South (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201433503 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.85× 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 48201433503 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201433503 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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