Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Branch East Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201520302 · Harris, TX · pop 2,624 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 48201520302 in Spring Branch East in Houston ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,624 residents. On the national scale it ranks #34,294 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,182 monthly, set against $83,234 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
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 parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
79
th percentile
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 5.3
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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)
- 169Total filings 2020-21
- 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.19×Ratio to 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
The score leans hardest on economic stress at $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 above the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.19x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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 5.3/10 (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 5.3/10, 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.
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