Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Krystal Lake Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201454505 · Harris, TX · pop 2,733 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 48201454505 covers part of the Krystal Lake area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,733 residents. 42% 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
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units897
Renter share12.8%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$161,003
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7801, -95.7040 · click any tract to drill in
Why Krystal Lake scores 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
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,711 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 Krystal Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 0%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)
- 105Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 23.33×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 Krystal Lake. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Krystal Lake
73% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Harris County average of 49.5%. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. Average gross rent is $2,711, 99% above the Houston average.
The voucher gap is 77.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 17.9% against 31.5% nationally.
It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 13% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.5/10, 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 48201454505
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201454505?
Census tract 48201454505 in the Krystal Lake neighborhood scores 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 48201454505?
Median gross rent is $2,711/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201454505?
3.9% of residents in tract 48201454505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,733.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201454505?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 15th, minority 73th, housing 0th.
Q5
Is tract 48201454505 considered part of Krystal Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201454505 fall within Krystal Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201454505 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 23.33× 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 48201454505 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201454505 scores 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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