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

Westfield Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201542002 · Harris, TX · pop 2,241 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 48201542002 in the Westfield area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 4% Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units807
Renter share7.4%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$139,940

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Westfield
Very Low
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#711 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#1,007 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 29.8273, -95.7110 · 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
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,841 rent vs county FMR
7.0
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 5420023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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)

  • 275Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 4.37×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 Westfield. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westfield

At $1,841 a month, rents run 35% over what the rest of Houston commands. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10.

The voucher gap is 20.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $139,940, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201542002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542002?

Census tract 48201542002 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 48201542002?

Median gross rent is $1,841/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542002?

6.1% of residents in tract 48201542002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,241.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 19th, minority 72th, housing 2th.
Q5

Is tract 48201542002 considered part of Westfield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542002 fall within Westfield (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201542002 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 4.37× 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 48201542002 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201542002 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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