Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Woodland Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201510301 · Harris, TX · pop 3,467 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
For landlords sizing up the Woodland Heights area of Houston, census tract 48201510301 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. That is riskier than about 22% of US census tracts.
About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,849 monthly, set against $127,371 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,616
Renter share35.6%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$127,371
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7825, -95.3779 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodland Heights scores 2.8
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
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,849 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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 Woodland Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 47%Grade B
- 35%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 136Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.97×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 Woodland Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodland Heights
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 7.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Harris County average of 5.2 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.97x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201510301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201510301?
Census tract 48201510301 in the Woodland Heights neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 48201510301?
Median gross rent is $1,849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201510301?
4.6% of residents in tract 48201510301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,467.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201510301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 3th, minority 47th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 48201510301 considered part of Woodland Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201510301 fall within Woodland Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201510301 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.97× 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 48201510301 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201510301 scores 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 48201510301 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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