Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Windfern Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201534204 · Harris, TX · pop 4,246 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Eviction risk in Windfern Forest in Houston centers on tract 48201534204, which scores $1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,246 residents. On the national scale it ranks #52,802 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,434 a month against an average household income of $82,955 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units2,128
Renter share63.5%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$82,955
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8833, -95.5367 · click any tract to drill in
Why Windfern Forest scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Houston
1.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,434 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houston
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houston
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houston
5.0
How Windfern Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 584Total filings 2020-21
- 7.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.69×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Windfern Forest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Windfern Forest
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.69x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201534204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201534204?
Census tract 48201534204 in the Windfern Forest neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 48201534204?
Median gross rent is $1,434/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201534204?
13.8% of residents in tract 48201534204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,246.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201534204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 4th, minority 73th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 48201534204 considered part of Windfern Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201534204 fall within Windfern Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201534204 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.69× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201534204 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201534204 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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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