Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Bridge Lake Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201542901 · Harris, TX · pop 9,577 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 48201542901 sits in the Bridge Lake area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 9,577 residents. Average gross rent is $2,107, 55% above the Houston average.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units3,550
Renter share32.9%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$112,713
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8147, -95.7619 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridge Lake scores 3
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
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$2,107 rent vs county FMR
8.8
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 Bridge Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 833Total filings 2020-21
- 10.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 5.39×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 Bridge Lake
The voucher gap is 37.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 8.8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 49.5% across Harris County.
The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $112,713.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201542901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542901?
Census tract 48201542901 in the Bridge Lake 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 48201542901?
Median gross rent is $2,107/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542901?
10.0% of residents in tract 48201542901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,577.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 49th, minority 78th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 48201542901 considered part of Bridge Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542901 fall within Bridge Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201542901 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 5.39× 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 48201542901 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201542901 scores 3/10, 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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