Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Carverdale Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201521800 · Harris, TX · pop 4,975 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 48201521800 covers part of the Carverdale area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,975 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,655
Renter share35.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$69,402
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8526, -95.5497 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carverdale scores 3.1
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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,381 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Carverdale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 116Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.1%Peak (2011)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 248Total filings 2020-21
- 3.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.67×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Carverdale
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Adults with no health insurance runs 26.3% against 11.3% nationally. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 116 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2011 at 5.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201521800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201521800?
Census tract 48201521800 in the Carverdale neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 48201521800?
Median gross rent is $1,381/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201521800?
7.0% of residents in tract 48201521800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,975.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201521800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 96th, minority 87th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 48201521800 considered part of Carverdale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201521800 fall within Carverdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201521800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 116 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201521800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.67% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201521800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.67× 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 48201521800 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201521800 scores 3.1/10, lower 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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