Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Branch Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201520604 · Harris, TX · pop 3,057 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 48201520604 covers part of the Spring Branch area of Houston, TX, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,057 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,149
Renter share36.6%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate20.6%
Median income$78,283
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8069, -95.4950 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring Branch scores 4.3
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
20.6% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,356 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 Spring Branch compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 110Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.03×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. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spring Branch
Adults with no health insurance runs 30.0% against 11.3% nationally. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 54% here against 49.5% across Harris County.
On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,356, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $78,283. 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201520604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201520604?
Census tract 48201520604 in the Spring Branch neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 48201520604?
Median gross rent is $1,356/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201520604?
20.6% of residents in tract 48201520604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,057.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201520604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 88th, minority 82th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 48201520604 considered part of Spring Branch?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201520604 fall within Spring Branch (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201520604 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.03× 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 48201520604 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201520604 scores 4.3/10, 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.
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