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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Sundown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201542401 · Harris, TX · pop 5,078 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 48201542401 sits in the Sundown area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 5,078 residents. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 28% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,636
Renter share60.9%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate40.3%
Median income$45,234

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Sundown
Very High
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#154 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#312 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7954, -95.7245 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sundown scores 5.1

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
40.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,408 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 / state5.1This tracttract 5424013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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)

  • 326Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.59×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

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $45,234, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 25.5% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Harris County average of 49.5%.

On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,408, close to the Houston average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201542401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542401?

Census tract 48201542401 in the Sundown neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 48201542401?

Median gross rent is $1,408/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542401?

40.3% of residents in tract 48201542401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,078.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 84th, minority 89th, housing 77th.
Q5

Is tract 48201542401 considered part of Sundown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542401 fall within Sundown (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201542401 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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 48201542401 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201542401 scores 5.1/10, higher 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

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

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