Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Walnut Bend Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201450804 · Harris, TX · pop 1,878 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 48201450804 covers part of the Walnut Bend area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,878 residents. This is renter territory: 99% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 58%
Owners 1%
Tract context
Occupied units1,261
Renter share99.0%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$63,644
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7527, -95.5599 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walnut Bend scores 3
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
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,482 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Walnut Bend compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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)
- 1,021Total filings 2020-21
- 13.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.90×Ratio to 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 Walnut Bend. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walnut Bend
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Harris County average of 49.5%. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.0% against 11.3% nationally. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Average gross rent is $1,482, 9% above the Houston average.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201450804
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201450804?
Census tract 48201450804 in the Walnut Bend neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48201450804?
Median gross rent is $1,482/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201450804?
2.8% of residents in tract 48201450804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,878.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201450804?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 3th, minority 82th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 48201450804 considered part of Walnut Bend?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201450804 fall within Walnut Bend (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201450804 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.90× 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 48201450804 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201450804 scores 3/10, lower 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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