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Inwood Northwest Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201532504 · Harris, TX · pop 4,335 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 48201532504 covers part of the Inwood Northwest area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,335. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 49.5% across Harris County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 11% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,276
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$105,797

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Inwood Northwest
Very Low
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#738 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#983 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8940, -95.5084 · click any tract to drill in

Why Inwood Northwest scores 3

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
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,570 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 Inwood Northwest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Inwood Northwest risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 5325043.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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)

  • 38Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.63×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Inwood Northwest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Inwood Northwest

The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 28.5% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.

At $1,570 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Houston commands. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 16% 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.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10. Against average income of $105,797, annual rent is just 18%.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201532504

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201532504?

Census tract 48201532504 in the Inwood Northwest 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 48201532504?

Median gross rent is $1,570/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201532504?

6.5% of residents in tract 48201532504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,335.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201532504?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 59th, minority 89th, housing 37th.
Q5

Is tract 48201532504 considered part of Inwood Northwest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201532504 fall within Inwood Northwest (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201532504 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.63× 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 48201532504 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201532504 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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