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Westfield Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201542001 · Harris, TX · pop 4,528 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 48201542001 in the Westfield area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 21% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 6% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,331
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$83,911

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Westfield
Very High
Within parent city
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#657 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#1,006 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 29.8209, -95.7145 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westfield 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
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,575 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 Westfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westfield risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 5420013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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)

  • 87Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.61×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Westfield. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westfield

The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. At $2,575 a month, rents run 89% over what the rest of Houston commands.

The voucher gap is 68.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $83,911 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.

Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.7% against 11.3% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201542001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542001?

Census tract 48201542001 in the Westfield 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 48201542001?

Median gross rent is $2,575/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542001?

3.1% of residents in tract 48201542001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,528.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 50th, minority 81th, housing 7th.
Q5

Is tract 48201542001 considered part of Westfield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542001 fall within Westfield (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201542001 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× 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 48201542001 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201542001 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

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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