Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Shepherd Park Plaza Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201530900 · Harris, TX · pop 4,464 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
For landlords sizing up the Shepherd Park Plaza neighborhood of Houston, census tract 48201530900 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of $1/10. On the national scale it ranks #52,797 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,218 a month against an average household income of $87,176 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,726
Renter share35.6%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$87,176
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8360, -95.4201 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shepherd Park Plaza scores 3.8
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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,218 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Shepherd Park Plaza compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 340Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.4%Peak (2014)
- 64Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 205% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 315Total filings 2020-21
- 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Shepherd Park Plaza. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shepherd Park Plaza
What moves this score most 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.88x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 81st 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201530900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201530900?
Census tract 48201530900 in the Shepherd Park Plaza neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 48201530900?
Median gross rent is $1,218/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201530900?
8.6% of residents in tract 48201530900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,464.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201530900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 36th, minority 65th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 48201530900 considered part of Shepherd Park Plaza?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201530900 fall within Shepherd Park Plaza (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201530900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 340 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201530900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.80% of renter households, peaking at 14.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201530900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201530900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201530900 scores 3.8/10, 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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