Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Near Northwest Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201532800 · Harris, TX · pop 2,120 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 48201532800 in the Near Northwest area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units626
Renter share22.0%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$88,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
26
th percentile
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 29.8715, -95.4715 · click any tract to drill in
Why Near Northwest 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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,219 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 185Total filings over 7 yrs
- 13.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.8%Peak (2010)
- 32Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 28% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 115Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.76×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Adults with no health insurance runs 24.0% against 11.3% nationally. 43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Harris County average of 49.5%.
It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 185 filings here across 7 tracked years. At $1,219 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Houston commands.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 19.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 13.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201532800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201532800?
Census tract 48201532800 in the Near 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 48201532800?
Median gross rent is $1,219/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201532800?
8.6% of residents in tract 48201532800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,120.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201532800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 52th, minority 84th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 48201532800 considered part of Near Northwest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201532800 fall within Near Northwest (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201532800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 185 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201532800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.11% of renter households, peaking at 19.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201532800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201532800 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201532800 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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