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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Wingate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201454304 · Harris, TX · pop 5,597 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

48201454304 is a census tract in the Wingate area of Houston, TX. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,597. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 45% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units2,066
Renter share72.2%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate19.0%
Median income$63,035

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Wingate
Very High
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#380 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#424 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#1,731 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7227, -95.6579 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wingate scores 4.6

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
19.0% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,168 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Wingate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wingate risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 4543043.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 1,279Total filings 2020-21
  • 16.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 12.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.29×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Wingate. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wingate

Cost burden runs 37% here against 49.5% across Harris County. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $1,168 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Houston commands. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $63,035.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201454304

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201454304?

Census tract 48201454304 in the Wingate neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 48201454304?

Median gross rent is $1,168/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201454304?

19.0% of residents in tract 48201454304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,597.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201454304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 74th, minority 85th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 48201454304 considered part of Wingate?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201454304 fall within Wingate (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201454304 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.29× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201454304 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201454304 scores 4.6/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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