Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Rustling Pines Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201450801 · Harris, TX · pop 1,724 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
48201450801 is a census tract in the Rustling Pines area of Houston, TX. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 29% here against 49.5% across Harris County.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 61%
Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units981
Renter share85.6%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$80,234
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7598, -95.5680 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rustling Pines scores 3.6
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
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,378 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Rustling Pines compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 335Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2013)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 80% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 615Total filings 2020-21
- 8.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.40×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rustling Pines
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. This is renter territory: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The filing record is not thin: 335 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 8.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,378, close to the Houston average.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $80,234.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201450801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201450801?
Census tract 48201450801 in the Rustling Pines neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 48201450801?
Median gross rent is $1,378/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201450801?
14.0% of residents in tract 48201450801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,724.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201450801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 14th, minority 74th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 48201450801 considered part of Rustling Pines?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201450801 fall within Rustling Pines (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201450801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 335 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201450801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.77% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201450801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.40× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201450801 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201450801 scores 3.6/10, right in line with 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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