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Forestwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201533804 · Harris, TX · pop 6,649 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

48201533804 is a census tract in the Forestwood area of Houston, TX. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,649. Average gross rent is $2,042, 50% above the Houston average.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 5% Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,377
Renter share12.1%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$81,339

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Forestwood
Very Low
Within parent city
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#508 of 952 tracts In Houston
Moderate
Within county
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#593 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Moderate
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#3,222 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.9145, -95.4612 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forestwood scores 3.7

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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$2,042 rent vs county FMR
8.4
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 Forestwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Forestwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 5338043.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 198Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.11×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Forestwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forestwood

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The voucher gap is 33.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Cost burden runs 60% here against 49.5% across Harris County. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 25.3% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 8.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.

Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $81,339.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201533804

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201533804?

Census tract 48201533804 in the Forestwood neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 48201533804?

Median gross rent is $2,042/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201533804?

15.6% of residents in tract 48201533804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,649.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201533804?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 64th, minority 99th, housing 57th.
Q5

Is tract 48201533804 considered part of Forestwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201533804 fall within Forestwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201533804 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.11× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201533804 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201533804 scores 3.7/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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