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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Yorkwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201532302 · Harris, TX · pop 3,735 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201532302 in the Yorkwood area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.9/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 23% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,405
Renter share59.3%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate39.4%
Median income$62,978

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Yorkwood
Very Low
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#296 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8551, -95.4953 · click any tract to drill in

Why Yorkwood scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
39.4% poverty · this tract
9.9
Supply constraint
$1,392 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Yorkwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Yorkwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 5323023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 736Total filings 2020-21
  • 9.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 9.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.01×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Yorkwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Yorkwood

The poverty rate is 39%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Cost burden runs 61% here against 49.5% across Harris County. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 26.0% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,392, close to the Houston average.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $62,978. 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201532302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201532302?

Census tract 48201532302 in the Yorkwood neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 48201532302?

Median gross rent is $1,392/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201532302?

39.4% of residents in tract 48201532302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,735.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201532302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 81th, minority 84th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 48201532302 considered part of Yorkwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201532302 fall within Yorkwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201532302 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.01× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201532302 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201532302 scores 5.1/10, higher 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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