Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Greenwood Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201551000 · Harris, TX · pop 3,652 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 48201551000 in the Greenwood Forest area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Adults with no health insurance runs 35.6% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,112
Renter share31.2%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$53,065
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 29.9697, -95.4918 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenwood Forest 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
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,451 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Greenwood Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 166Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.3%Peak (2009)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 225Total filings 2020-21
- 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.03×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Greenwood Forest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenwood Forest
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $53,065, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 166 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2009 at 23.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for about half of renters. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,451, close to the Houston average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201551000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201551000?
Census tract 48201551000 in the Greenwood Forest 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 average rent in tract 48201551000?
Median gross rent is $1,451/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201551000?
9.1% of residents in tract 48201551000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,652.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201551000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 83th, minority 93th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 48201551000 considered part of Greenwood Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201551000 fall within Greenwood Forest (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201551000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 166 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201551000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.99% of renter households, peaking at 23.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201551000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.03× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201551000 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201551000 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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