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Alief Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201452801 · Harris, TX · pop 5,614 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Eviction risk in Alief in Houston centers on tract 48201452801, which scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,614 residents. On the national scale it ranks #34,292 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 75% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 57% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,563 monthly, set against $54,282 in average yearly household income, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 10% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,841
Renter share37.4%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate22.7%
Median income$54,282

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Alief
Very Low
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#286 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#310 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#1,216 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.6961, -95.6095 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alief scores 5.5

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
22.7% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,563 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 Alief compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Alief risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 452801Houston: 2.82.8Houstonparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg 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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 355Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 7.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.9%Peak (2011)
  • 30Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 482014528012009: 52 filings (5.74/100 renter HHs)2010: 66 filings (11.26/100 renter HHs)2011: 71 filings (9.93/100 renter HHs)2012: 64 filings (8.95/100 renter HHs)2013: 39 filings (5.45/100 renter HHs)2014: 33 filings (4.62/100 renter HHs)2015: 30 filings (4.20/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 179Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.72×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2020-03-01: 3 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2020-06-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2020-07-01: 2 filings (0.47× baseline)2020-08-01: 5 filings (0.83× baseline)2020-09-01: 3 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-10-01: 1 filings (0.27× baseline)2020-11-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 1 filings (0.20× baseline)2021-03-01: 4 filings (1.78× baseline)2021-04-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (0.24× baseline)2021-08-01: 1 filings (0.17× baseline)2021-09-01: 3 filings (1.33× baseline)2021-10-01: 2 filings (0.53× baseline)2021-11-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-02-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2022-03-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2022-04-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2022-05-01: 3 filings (0.92× baseline)2022-06-01: 5 filings (1.54× baseline)2022-07-01: 1 filings (0.24× baseline)2022-08-01: 3 filings (0.50× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 3 filings (0.80× baseline)2022-11-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2022-12-01: 5 filings (1.54× baseline)2023-01-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (0.20× baseline)2023-03-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2023-04-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2023-05-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 1 filings (0.17× baseline)2023-09-01: 5 filings (2.22× baseline)2023-10-01: 4 filings (1.07× baseline)2023-11-01: 6 filings (3.43× baseline)2023-12-01: 3 filings (0.92× baseline)2024-01-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (0.20× baseline)2024-03-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2024-04-01: 6 filings (1.85× baseline)2024-05-01: 7 filings (2.15× baseline)2024-06-01: 3 filings (0.92× baseline)2024-07-01: 3 filings (0.71× baseline)2024-08-01: 3 filings (0.50× baseline)2024-09-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2024-10-01: 6 filings (1.60× baseline)2024-11-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2024-12-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2025-01-01: 5 filings (1.67× baseline)2025-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 1 filings (0.44× baseline)2025-04-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2025-05-01: 3 filings (0.92× baseline)2025-06-01: 4 filings (1.23× baseline)2025-07-01: 3 filings (0.71× baseline)2025-08-01: 7 filings (1.17× baseline)2025-09-01: 5 filings (2.22× baseline)2025-10-01: 1 filings (0.27× baseline)2025-11-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2025-12-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2026-01-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)

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

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Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Alief

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Asian and ranks around the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 355 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 7.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.9% of renter households in 2011.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201452801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201452801?

Census tract 48201452801 in the Alief neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 48201452801?

Median gross rent is $1,563/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201452801?

22.7% of residents in tract 48201452801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,614.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201452801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 85th, minority 92th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 48201452801 considered part of Alief?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201452801 fall within Alief (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201452801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 355 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201452801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.16% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201452801 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201452801 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201452801 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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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