Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Candlelight Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201531600 · Harris, TX · pop 2,639 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 48201531600 covers part of the Candlelight Place area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,639. Cost burden runs 22% here against 49.5% across Harris County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,208
Renter share17.8%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$147,340
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8381, -95.4535 · click any tract to drill in
Why Candlelight Place scores 3
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
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,182 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 118Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.0%Peak (2009)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 72% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 117Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.20×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. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 118 filings here across 7 tracked years.
At $1,182 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Houston commands. Filings peaked in 2009 at 9.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201531600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201531600?
Census tract 48201531600 in the Candlelight Place neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48201531600?
Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201531600?
1.6% of residents in tract 48201531600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,639.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201531600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 26th, minority 53th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 48201531600 considered part of Candlelight Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201531600 fall within Candlelight Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201531600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 118 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201531600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.67% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201531600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.20× 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 48201531600 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201531600 scores 3/10, 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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