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Parkridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201452502 · Harris, TX · pop 4,608 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 48201452502 covers part of the Parkridge area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,608. The severe-burden share is 48%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 16% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,698
Renter share52.8%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate30.4%
Median income$37,807

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Parkridge
Very High
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#149 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#249 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 29.7087, -95.6096 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parkridge 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
30.4% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,357 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Parkridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Parkridge risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4525023.7Houstonparent 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)

  • 82Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 8.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.13×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Parkridge. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parkridge

Against Harris County at 49.5%, 70% of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $37,807 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 29.4% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

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 48201452502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201452502?

Census tract 48201452502 in the Parkridge 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 48201452502?

Median gross rent is $1,357/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201452502?

30.4% of residents in tract 48201452502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,608.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201452502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 92th, minority 96th, housing 61th.
Q5

Is tract 48201452502 considered part of Parkridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201452502 fall within Parkridge (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201452502 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.13× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201452502 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201452502 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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