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Sundown Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201542004 · Harris, TX · pop 3,328 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 48201542004 covers part of the Sundown area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,328. 74% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Harris County average of 49.5%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 8% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,003
Renter share30.9%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$78,042

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Sundown
Very Low
Within parent city
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#702 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#1,009 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 29.8045, -95.7125 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sundown 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
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,736 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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 Sundown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sundown risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 5420043.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

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)

  • 59Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.41×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 Sundown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sundown

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,736, 28% above the Houston average.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.1% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.

The voucher gap is 13.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $78,042. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201542004

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542004?

Census tract 48201542004 in the Sundown 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 48201542004?

Median gross rent is $1,736/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542004?

2.2% of residents in tract 48201542004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,328.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542004?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 27th, minority 77th, housing 11th.
Q5

Is tract 48201542004 considered part of Sundown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542004 fall within Sundown (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201542004 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.41× 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 48201542004 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201542004 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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