Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Village of Oak Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201532101 · Harris, TX · pop 4,283 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
48201532101 is a census tract in the Village of Oak Forest area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,671
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$66,760
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very 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 29.8440, -95.4780 · click any tract to drill in
Why Village of Oak Forest 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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,414 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Village of Oak Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 360Total filings 2020-21
- 4.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.65×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Village of Oak Forest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Village of Oak Forest
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.5% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Average gross rent is $1,414, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $66,760.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201532101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201532101?
Census tract 48201532101 in the Village of Oak Forest 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 48201532101?
Median gross rent is $1,414/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201532101?
4.2% of residents in tract 48201532101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,283.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201532101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 46th, minority 78th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 48201532101 considered part of Village of Oak Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201532101 fall within Village of Oak Forest (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201532101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.65× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201532101 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201532101 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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