Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Briar Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201454305 · Harris, TX · pop 3,260 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 48201454305 sits in the Briar Park area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. It is home to 3,260 residents. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,505
Renter share67.0%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$67,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7269, -95.6490 · click any tract to drill in
Why Briar Park scores 4.1
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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,380 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Briar Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,153Total filings 2020-21
- 15.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.34×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Briar Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Briar Park
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,380, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $67,071.
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 48201454305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201454305?
Census tract 48201454305 in the Briar Park neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 48201454305?
Median gross rent is $1,380/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201454305?
15.6% of residents in tract 48201454305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,260.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201454305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 68th, minority 88th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 48201454305 considered part of Briar Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201454305 fall within Briar Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201454305 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.34× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201454305 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201454305 scores 4.1/10, 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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