Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Bellaire West Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201452900 · Harris, TX · pop 4,832 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 48201452900 in the Bellaire West area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,832 residents. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,363
Renter share47.0%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate20.2%
Median income$59,920
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6969, -95.5923 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bellaire West scores 4.8
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
20.2% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,388 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Bellaire West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 273Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2011)
- 38Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 110Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×Ratio to 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 Bellaire West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bellaire West
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 31.3% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 273 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 9.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
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 48201452900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201452900?
Census tract 48201452900 in the Bellaire West neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 48201452900?
Median gross rent is $1,388/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201452900?
20.2% of residents in tract 48201452900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,832.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201452900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 87th, minority 93th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 48201452900 considered part of Bellaire West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201452900 fall within Bellaire West (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201452900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 273 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201452900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.73% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201452900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201452900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201452900 scores 4.8/10, 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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