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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Silvermill Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201541901 · Harris, TX · pop 2,892 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

48201541901 is a census tract in the Silvermill area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 20% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units897
Renter share50.4%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$80,027

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Silvermill
Moderate
Within parent city
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#927 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very Low
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#1,005 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8067, -95.6962 · click any tract to drill in

Why Silvermill scores 3

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
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,487 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Silvermill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Silvermill risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 5419013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 612Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 3.68×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Silvermill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Silvermill

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Cost burden runs 60% here against 49.5% across Harris County. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.3% against 11.3% nationally.

At $1,487 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Houston commands. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $80,027.

50% 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 48201541901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201541901?

Census tract 48201541901 in the Silvermill neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48201541901?

Median gross rent is $1,487/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201541901?

4.7% of residents in tract 48201541901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,892.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201541901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 49th, minority 86th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 48201541901 considered part of Silvermill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201541901 fall within Silvermill (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201541901 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 3.68× 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 48201541901 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201541901 scores 3/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

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

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