Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Lindale Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201511600 · Harris, TX · pop 3,554 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 48201511600 sits in the Lindale Park neighborhood of Houston eviction risk, Texas eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. On the national scale it ranks #65,755 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,363 monthly, set against $89,554 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,532
Renter share41.0%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$89,554
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8030, -95.3770 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lindale Park scores 3.4
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
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,363 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Lindale Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 50%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 154Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2012)
- 24Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 60% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 252Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.70×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 Lindale Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lindale Park
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 3.9/10. 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.70x 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 48201511600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201511600?
Census tract 48201511600 in the Lindale Park neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 48201511600?
Median gross rent is $1,363/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201511600?
2.7% of residents in tract 48201511600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,554.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201511600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 16th, minority 78th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 48201511600 considered part of Lindale Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201511600 fall within Lindale Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201511600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201511600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.82% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201511600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.70× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201511600 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201511600 scores 3.4/10, higher than 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.
Q9
Was tract 48201511600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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