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

Southbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201550201 · Harris, TX · pop 1,715 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 48201550201 covers part of the Southbrook area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,715. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 58% Stable renters 42% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units628
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate26.1%
Median income$29,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Southbrook
Low
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#272 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#315 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 29.9602, -95.4216 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southbrook 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
26.1% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,148 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Southbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Southbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 5502013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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)

  • 479Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 17.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.35×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 Southbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southbrook

This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Annualized rent equals 48% of average household income of $29,000, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 28.6% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Harris County average of 49.5%. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

Average gross rent is $1,148, 16% below the Houston average. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201550201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201550201?

Census tract 48201550201 in the Southbrook 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 48201550201?

Median gross rent is $1,148/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201550201?

26.1% of residents in tract 48201550201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,715.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201550201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 74th, minority 95th, housing 55th.
Q5

Is tract 48201550201 considered part of Southbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201550201 fall within Southbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201550201 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.35× 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 48201550201 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201550201 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.
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