Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201533301 · Harris, TX · pop 2,922 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
48201533301 is a census tract in the Highland Heights area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,922 residents. The severe-burden share is 38%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,087
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate22.8%
Median income$39,604
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8722, -95.4183 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Heights 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
22.8% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Highland Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 155Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.49×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 Highland Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Heights
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.3% against 11.3% nationally.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Disability prevalence runs 43.8% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Harris County average of 49.5%. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. 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.
51% 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 48201533301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201533301?
Census tract 48201533301 in the Highland Heights 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 poverty rate in tract 48201533301?
22.8% of residents in tract 48201533301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,922.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201533301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 91th, minority 96th, housing 74th.
Q4
Is tract 48201533301 considered part of Highland Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201533301 fall within Highland Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201533301 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× 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.
Q6
How does tract 48201533301 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201533301 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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Highest-risk tracts in Houston
Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
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