Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Parkway West Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201542402 · Harris, TX · pop 5,940 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 48201542402 in the Parkway West area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,940. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,043
Renter share46.5%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$81,354
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
37
th percentile
Low
Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7928, -95.7389 · click any tract to drill in
Why Parkway West scores 3.2
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
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,433 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Parkway West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 659Total filings 2020-21
- 8.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.29×Ratio to 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 Parkway West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Parkway West
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.5% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
49% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,433, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $81,354.
47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201542402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542402?
Census tract 48201542402 in the Parkway West neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 48201542402?
Median gross rent is $1,433/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542402?
11.3% of residents in tract 48201542402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,940.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 39th, minority 87th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 48201542402 considered part of Parkway West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542402 fall within Parkway West (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201542402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.29× 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 48201542402 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201542402 scores 3.2/10, 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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