Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Branch North Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201522001 · Harris, TX · pop 1,806 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
How risky is the Spring Branch North area of Houston for landlords? Census tract 48201522001 scores 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 41st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,108 a month against an average household income of $69,327 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units894
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$69,327
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8298, -95.5385 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring Branch North scores 4.4
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
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,108 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 North compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 208Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 4.20×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 Spring Branch North. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spring Branch North
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 3.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 89th 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 4.20x 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 48201522001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201522001?
Census tract 48201522001 in the Spring Branch North neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 48201522001?
Median gross rent is $1,108/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201522001?
12.6% of residents in tract 48201522001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,806.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201522001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 98th, minority 67th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 48201522001 considered part of Spring Branch North?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201522001 fall within Spring Branch North (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201522001 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 4.20× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48201522001 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201522001 scores 4.4/10, 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.
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