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

Mason Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201542202 · Harris, TX · pop 8,625 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 48201542202 in the Mason Lakes area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 8,625 residents. Cost burden runs 25% here against 49.5% across Harris County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 7% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,381
Renter share9.4%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$95,483

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Mason Lakes
Moderate
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#848 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very Low
Within county
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#1,016 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 29.8525, -95.7477 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mason Lakes 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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,892 rent vs county FMR
7.4
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 Mason Lakes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mason Lakes risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 5422023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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)

  • 238Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.17×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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mason Lakes

At $1,892 a month, rents run 39% over what the rest of Houston commands. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The voucher gap is 23.7%: 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. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.3% against 11.3% nationally.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 9% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.4/10, 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.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $95,483.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201542202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542202?

Census tract 48201542202 in the Mason Lakes 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 48201542202?

Median gross rent is $1,892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542202?

7.3% of residents in tract 48201542202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,625.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 63th, minority 91th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 48201542202 considered part of Mason Lakes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542202 fall within Mason Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201542202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.17× 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 48201542202 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201542202 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.
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