Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally
Candlelight Place Eviction Risk: Elevated , Houston
Tract 48201531900 · Harris, TX · pop 5,624 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
The Candlelight Place neighborhood of Houston anchors census tract 48201531900, which lands at 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 74% of renter households, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,434 a month against an average household income of $40,659 a year, roughly 42% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,947
Renter share43.9%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate28.2%
Median income$40,659
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8529, -95.4499 · click any tract to drill in
Why Candlelight Place scores 6.2
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
28.2% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,434 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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)
- 486Total filings over 7 yrs
- 11.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.3%Peak (2009)
- 79Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 34% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 347Total filings 2020-21
- 4.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.93×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 Candlelight Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Candlelight Place
What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.93x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th 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 48201531900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201531900?
Census tract 48201531900 in the Candlelight Place neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 48201531900?
Median gross rent is $1,434/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201531900?
28.2% of residents in tract 48201531900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,624.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201531900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 96th, minority 93th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 48201531900 considered part of Candlelight Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201531900 fall within Candlelight Place (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201531900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 486 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201531900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.40% of renter households, peaking at 20.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201531900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.93× 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 48201531900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201531900 scores 6.2/10, 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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