Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Town Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Katy
Tract 48201542700 · Harris, TX · pop 4,108 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 48201542700 sits in the Town Park area of Katy, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 4,108. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,671
Renter share31.8%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$79,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Katy and the region
Centroid at 29.7926, -95.8132 · click any tract to drill in
Why Town Park scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Katy
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,449 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Katy
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Katy
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Katy
6.1
How Town Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 102Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2012)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 56% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 59Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.65×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Town Park
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 102 evictions over 7 years of observation. At $1,449 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Katy commands.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 5.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $79,625.
32% 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 48201542700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542700?
Census tract 48201542700 in the Town Park 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 48201542700?
Median gross rent is $1,449/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542700?
4.1% of residents in tract 48201542700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,108.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 66th, minority 57th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 48201542700 considered part of Town Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542700 fall within Town Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201542700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201542700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.43% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201542700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.65× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201542700 compare to Katy overall?
Tract 48201542700 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Katy at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Katy; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Katy
Top eight tracts in Katy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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