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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Spring Branch East Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201520302 · Harris, TX · pop 2,624 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

48201520302 is a census tract in the Spring Branch East area of Houston, TX. It scores 4.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,624 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 25% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units979
Renter share52.5%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate28.1%
Median income$83,234

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Spring Branch East
Low
Within parent city
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#335 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#359 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#1,124 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7987, -95.4803 · click any tract to drill in

Why Spring Branch East scores 4.9

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
28.1% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,182 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Spring Branch East compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Spring Branch East risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 5203023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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)

  • 169Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.19×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 Spring Branch East. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Spring Branch East

Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.3% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

At $1,182 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Houston commands. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 10/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $83,234, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 53% of renters.

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 48201520302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201520302?

Census tract 48201520302 in the Spring Branch East neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 48201520302?

Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201520302?

28.1% of residents in tract 48201520302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,624.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201520302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 91th, minority 81th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 48201520302 considered part of Spring Branch East?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201520302 fall within Spring Branch East (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201520302 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.19× 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 48201520302 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201520302 scores 4.9/10, 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

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

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