Independence Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201530502 · Harris, TX · pop 2,412 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 48201530502 covers part of the Independence Heights area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,412. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8358, -95.3976 · click any tract to drill in
Why Independence Heights scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Independence Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%Housing & transportation
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)
- 309Total filings 2020-21
- 4.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.90×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Independence Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What drives eviction risk in Independence Heights
Adults with no health insurance runs 30.7% against 11.3% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $1,060 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Houston commands.
It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $46,731.
43% 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.
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