Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Southbrook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Houston
Tract 48201550202 · Harris, TX · pop 1,998 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
In the Southbrook neighborhood of Houston, census tract 48201550202 scores 5.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $1,063 a month. Renters make up 91% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 53%
Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units787
Renter share91.1%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate36.2%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9569, -95.4315 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southbrook scores 6.3
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
36.2% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$1,063 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 459Total filings 2020-21
- 6.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 14.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.40×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Southbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southbrook
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.40x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201550202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201550202?
Census tract 48201550202 in the Southbrook neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 48201550202?
Median gross rent is $1,063/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201550202?
36.2% of residents in tract 48201550202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,998.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201550202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 97th, minority 98th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 48201550202 considered part of Southbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201550202 fall within Southbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201550202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.40× 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 48201550202 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201550202 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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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