Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Inwood Northwest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201532600 · Harris, TX · pop 7,030 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201532600 in the Inwood Northwest area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,030. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,123
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate21.1%
Median income$52,657
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8916, -95.4892 · click any tract to drill in
Why Inwood Northwest scores 5.1
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
21.1% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,061 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 1,000Total filings over 7 yrs
- 12.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.8%Peak (2013)
- 98Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 22% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 391Total filings 2020-21
- 5.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 13.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.39×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 Inwood Northwest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Inwood Northwest
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Adults with no health insurance runs 28.8% 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. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Harris County average of 49.5%.
At $1,061 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Houston commands. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
The filing record is not thin: 1,000 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2013 at 17.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 13.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201532600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201532600?
Census tract 48201532600 in the Inwood Northwest 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 48201532600?
Median gross rent is $1,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201532600?
21.1% of residents in tract 48201532600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,030.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201532600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 84th, minority 95th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 48201532600 considered part of Inwood Northwest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201532600 fall within Inwood Northwest (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201532600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,000 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201532600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.98% of renter households, peaking at 17.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201532600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.39× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201532600 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201532600 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.
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