Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Candlelight Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201531200 · Harris, TX · pop 3,375 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 48201531200 covers part of the Candlelight Place area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,375. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,590
Renter share33.5%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$94,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8271, -95.4529 · click any tract to drill in
Why Candlelight Place scores 3.1
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
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,464 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Candlelight Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 209Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.6%Peak (2014)
- 45Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 88% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 289Total filings 2020-21
- 3.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.28×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Candlelight Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Candlelight Place
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. It sits 0.9 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 209 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2014 at 18.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,464, close to the Houston average.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $94,375.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201531200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201531200?
Census tract 48201531200 in the Candlelight Place neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 48201531200?
Median gross rent is $1,464/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201531200?
13.2% of residents in tract 48201531200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,375.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201531200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 10th, minority 62th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 48201531200 considered part of Candlelight Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201531200 fall within Candlelight Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201531200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 209 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201531200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.13% of renter households, peaking at 18.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201531200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.28× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201531200 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201531200 scores 3.1/10, lower 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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