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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Murray Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201451006 · Harris, TX · pop 2,390 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 48201451006 in the Murray Park area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Against Harris County at 49.5%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 18% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,188
Renter share25.8%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$101,542

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Murray Park
Very Low
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#670 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#921 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7432, -95.5786 · click any tract to drill in

Why Murray Park scores 3

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
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,686 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Murray Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Murray Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 4510063.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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)

  • 437Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.03×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Murray Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Murray Park

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.

Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,686, 24% above the Houston average.

It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, 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 most pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $101,542. 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201451006

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201451006?

Census tract 48201451006 in the Murray Park 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 48201451006?

Median gross rent is $1,686/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201451006?

2.9% of residents in tract 48201451006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,390.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201451006?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 91th, minority 68th, housing 39th.
Q5

Is tract 48201451006 considered part of Murray Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201451006 fall within Murray Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201451006 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.03× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201451006 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201451006 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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