Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Murray Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201452204 · Harris, TX · pop 2,309 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 48201452204 sits in the Murray Park area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. It is home to 2,309 residents. This is renter territory: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 52%
Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units1,327
Renter share90.1%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$50,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7330, -95.5684 · click any tract to drill in
Why Murray Park scores 4.2
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
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,099 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 718Total filings 2020-21
- 9.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.24×Ratio to 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
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. 42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Average gross rent is $1,099, 19% below the Houston average. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.7% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $50,143.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201452204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201452204?
Census tract 48201452204 in the Murray Park neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 48201452204?
Median gross rent is $1,099/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201452204?
12.7% of residents in tract 48201452204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,309.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201452204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 4th, minority 89th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 48201452204 considered part of Murray Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201452204 fall within Murray Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201452204 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.24× 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 48201452204 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201452204 scores 4.2/10, 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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