Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Westheimer Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201454302 · Harris, TX · pop 6,064 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 48201454302 covers part of the Westheimer Place area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,064. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,126
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$71,463
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7153, -95.6705 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westheimer Place scores 3.3
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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,668 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Westheimer Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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)
- 271Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2009)
- 40Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 165Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.82×Ratio to 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 Westheimer Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westheimer Place
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Cost burden runs 58% here against 49.5% across Harris County. Average gross rent is $1,668, 23% above the Houston average. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.0% against 11.3% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 271 evictions over 7 years of observation. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. The worst year on record was 2009, when 4.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201454302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201454302?
Census tract 48201454302 in the Westheimer Place neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 48201454302?
Median gross rent is $1,668/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201454302?
9.7% of residents in tract 48201454302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,064.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201454302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 81th, minority 82th, housing 5th.
Q5
Is tract 48201454302 considered part of Westheimer Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201454302 fall within Westheimer Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201454302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 271 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201454302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.23% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201454302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× 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 48201454302 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201454302 scores 3.3/10, lower 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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