Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Near Northwest Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201532400 · Harris, TX · pop 6,207 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 48201532400 in the Near Northwest area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,207. 73% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,269
Renter share27.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$55,947
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8697, -95.5046 · click any tract to drill in
Why Near Northwest scores 3.8
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
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,405 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 Near Northwest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 338Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.6%Peak (2009)
- 43Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 59% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 454Total filings 2020-21
- 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.16×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Near Northwest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Near Northwest
The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 26.1% against 11.3% nationally. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 338 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2009 at 23.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,405, close to the Houston average.
Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $55,947. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201532400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201532400?
Census tract 48201532400 in the Near Northwest neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 48201532400?
Median gross rent is $1,405/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201532400?
10.3% of residents in tract 48201532400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,207.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201532400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 73th, minority 83th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 48201532400 considered part of Near Northwest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201532400 fall within Near Northwest (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201532400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 338 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201532400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.74% of renter households, peaking at 23.6% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201532400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.16× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201532400 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201532400 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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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