Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201530800 · Harris, TX · pop 4,133 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 48201530800 covers part of the Highland Heights area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,133. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,789
Renter share42.1%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate21.4%
Median income$36,767
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8534, -95.4202 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Heights scores 5.1
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
21.4% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$995 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Highland Heights 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.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 220Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.4%Peak (2014)
- 28Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 22% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 299Total filings 2020-21
- 3.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.44×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 Highland Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Heights
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $36,767 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.
At $995 a month, rents run 27% under what the rest of Houston commands. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 220 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 6.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201530800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201530800?
Census tract 48201530800 in the Highland Heights neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 48201530800?
Median gross rent is $995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201530800?
21.4% of residents in tract 48201530800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,133.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201530800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 68th, minority 93th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 48201530800 considered part of Highland Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201530800 fall within Highland Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201530800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 220 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201530800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.69% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201530800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.44× 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 48201530800 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201530800 scores 5.1/10, 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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