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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Westwood South Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201453201 · Harris, TX · pop 4,248 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

48201453201 is a census tract in the Westwood South area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56% Stable renters 44% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,532
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate38.9%
Median income$32,667

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 11 tracts In Westwood South
Very High
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#94 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#255 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 29.6875, -95.5629 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwood South 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
38.9% poverty · this tract
9.7
Supply constraint
$975 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Westwood South compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westwood South risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4532013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 685Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 9.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.98×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westwood South. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westwood South

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.7/10. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Adults with no health insurance runs 34.8% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $32,667, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. At $975 a month, rents run 28% under what the rest of Houston commands.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201453201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201453201?

Census tract 48201453201 in the Westwood South 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 48201453201?

Median gross rent is $975/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201453201?

38.9% of residents in tract 48201453201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,248.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201453201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 92th, minority 96th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 48201453201 considered part of Westwood South?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201453201 fall within Westwood South (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201453201 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.98× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201453201 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201453201 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.
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