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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Williamsburg Settlement Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201542500 · Harris, TX · pop 3,863 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 48201542500 sits in the Williamsburg Settlement area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. It is home to 3,863 residents. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 20% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,035
Renter share57.9%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$66,988

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Williamsburg Settlement
Moderate
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#607 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#696 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Low
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4,107 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7936, -95.7643 · click any tract to drill in

Why Williamsburg Settlement scores 3.2

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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,665 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Williamsburg Settlement compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Williamsburg Settlement risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 5425003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 29Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 14.25%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.3%Peak (2015)
  • 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201542500
Filings climbed 43% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 522Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 23.20×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 Williamsburg Settlement

32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The clearest offset 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. Average gross rent is $1,665, 22% above the Houston average.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 filings here across 6 tracked years. It sits 0.8 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Filings peaked in 2015 at 2.3% of renter households.

In a typical year about 14.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $66,988. 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 48201542500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542500?

Census tract 48201542500 in the Williamsburg Settlement 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 48201542500?

Median gross rent is $1,665/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542500?

7.0% of residents in tract 48201542500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,863.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 27th, minority 61th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 48201542500 considered part of Williamsburg Settlement?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542500 fall within Williamsburg Settlement (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201542500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 48201542500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.25% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201542500 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 23.20× 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 48201542500 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201542500 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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