Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Woodgate Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201550602 · Harris, TX · pop 2,711 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 48201550602 covers part of the Woodgate area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,711 residents. 80% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units729
Renter share6.2%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$68,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9441, -95.4594 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodgate scores 3.8
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
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Woodgate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 150Total filings over 7 yrs
- 14.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.7%Peak (2011)
- 25Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 47% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 106Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodgate
80% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Harris County average of 49.5%. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 30.3% against 11.3% nationally.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Court records carry 150 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 21.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 14.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 6% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201550602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201550602?
Census tract 48201550602 in the Woodgate neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 48201550602?
13.3% of residents in tract 48201550602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,711.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201550602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 84th, minority 98th, housing 26th.
Q4
Is tract 48201550602 considered part of Woodgate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201550602 fall within Woodgate (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201550602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 150 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201550602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.52% of renter households, peaking at 21.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201550602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201550602 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201550602 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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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