Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Branch West Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201522401 · Harris, TX · pop 5,553 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 3.7/10, tract 48201522401 in the Spring Branch West area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,553 residents. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units2,332
Renter share43.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$78,017
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7986, -95.5493 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring Branch West scores 3.7
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
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,246 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 250Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2010)
- 29Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 26% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 332Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.86×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 Spring Branch West
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.9% against 11.3% nationally.
Court records carry 250 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2010, when 8.4% of renter households were served.
At $1,246 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Houston commands. In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
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 48201522401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201522401?
Census tract 48201522401 in the Spring Branch West neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 48201522401?
Median gross rent is $1,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201522401?
14.4% of residents in tract 48201522401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,553.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201522401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 77th, minority 74th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 48201522401 considered part of Spring Branch West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201522401 fall within Spring Branch West (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201522401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 250 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201522401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.64% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201522401 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.86× 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 48201522401 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201522401 scores 3.7/10, right in line with 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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