Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Bayou Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201453401 · Harris, TX · pop 2,655 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 48201453401 in the Bayou Place area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units887
Renter share52.5%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate24.3%
Median income$72,572
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
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 29.6545, -95.5763 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bayou Place 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
24.3% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,508 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Bayou Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 355Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.3%Peak (2010)
- 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 74% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 239Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.11×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 Bayou Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bayou Place
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 29.9% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
The filing record is not thin: 355 evictions over 7 years of observation. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.
At $1,508 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Houston commands. The worst year on record was 2010, when 18.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 8.9% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201453401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201453401?
Census tract 48201453401 in the Bayou Place 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 48201453401?
Median gross rent is $1,508/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201453401?
24.3% of residents in tract 48201453401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,655.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201453401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 100th, minority 92th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 48201453401 considered part of Bayou Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201453401 fall within Bayou Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201453401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 355 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201453401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.93% of renter households, peaking at 18.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201453401 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.11× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201453401 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201453401 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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