Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Hearthstone Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201540904 · Harris, TX · pop 4,790 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 48201540904 sits in the Hearthstone area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,922
Renter share54.7%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$76,961
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
37
th percentile
Low
Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8896, -95.6338 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hearthstone scores 3.2
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
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,316 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Hearthstone compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 645Total filings 2020-21
- 8.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.66×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 Hearthstone. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hearthstone
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 0.8 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,316, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $76,961.
55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201540904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201540904?
Census tract 48201540904 in the Hearthstone neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 48201540904?
Median gross rent is $1,316/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201540904?
9.9% of residents in tract 48201540904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,790.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201540904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 28th, minority 77th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 48201540904 considered part of Hearthstone?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201540904 fall within Hearthstone (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201540904 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.66× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48201540904 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201540904 scores 3.2/10, lower 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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