Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Morton Ranch Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201542302 · Harris, TX · pop 7,531 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
48201542302 is a census tract in the Morton Ranch area of Houston, TX. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 7,531 residents. Severe burden reaches 55%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,497
Renter share27.6%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$83,651
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8091, -95.7433 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morton Ranch scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,447 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Morton Ranch compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%Housing & transportation
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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 243Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2011)
- 15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 255Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.59×Ratio to 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 Morton Ranch
Cost burden runs 73% here against 49.5% across Harris County. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 20.5% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.9 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
The filing record is not thin: 243 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2011, when 6.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201542302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542302?
Census tract 48201542302 in the Morton Ranch neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 48201542302?
Median gross rent is $1,447/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542302?
10.6% of residents in tract 48201542302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,531.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 83th, minority 85th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 48201542302 considered part of Morton Ranch?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542302 fall within Morton Ranch (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201542302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 243 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201542302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.26% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201542302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.59× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201542302 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201542302 scores 3.1/10, 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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