Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Inwood Northwest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201534002 · Harris, TX · pop 5,268 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 48201534002 sits in the Inwood Northwest area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 5,268 residents. The severe-burden share is 45%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,424
Renter share22.3%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate23.1%
Median income$55,481
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9083, -95.5007 · 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
23.1% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,470 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 215Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2009)
- 27Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 107Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×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 Inwood Northwest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Inwood Northwest
88% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Harris County average of 49.5%. Adults with no health insurance runs 37.6% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 215 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2009, when 6.2% of renter households were served.
Average gross rent is $1,470, 8% above the Houston average. In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing.
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 48201534002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201534002?
Census tract 48201534002 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 48201534002?
Median gross rent is $1,470/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 88% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201534002?
23.1% of residents in tract 48201534002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,268.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201534002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 91th, minority 90th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 48201534002 considered part of Inwood Northwest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201534002 fall within Inwood Northwest (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201534002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 215 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201534002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.14% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201534002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× 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 48201534002 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201534002 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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