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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Chimney Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201540800 · Harris, TX · pop 6,461 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 48201540800 covers part of the Chimney Hill area of Houston, TX, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,461 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 20% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,338
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$65,115

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Chimney Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#459 of 952 tracts In Houston
Moderate
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#527 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Moderate
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#2,721 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8881, -95.6022 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chimney Hill scores 4

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
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,681 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Chimney Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chimney Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 5408003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 480Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 7.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.9%Peak (2010)
  • 39Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201540800
Filings dropped 37% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 285Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.90×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chimney Hill

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

At $1,681 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Houston commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.4% against 11.3% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 480 filings here across 7 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 12.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 50% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $65,115.

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 48201540800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201540800?

Census tract 48201540800 in the Chimney Hill neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 48201540800?

Median gross rent is $1,681/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201540800?

14.2% of residents in tract 48201540800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,461.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201540800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 48th, minority 88th, housing 52th.
Q5

Is tract 48201540800 considered part of Chimney Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201540800 fall within Chimney Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201540800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 480 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201540800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.39% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201540800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.90× 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 48201540800 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201540800 scores 4/10, 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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