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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Greenwood Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201551201 · Harris, TX · pop 4,990 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 48201551201 covers part of the Greenwood Forest area of Houston, TX, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. 89% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Harris County average of 49.5%.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 5% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,636
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$53,176

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Greenwood Forest
Very High
Within parent city
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#326 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#363 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#1,124 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.9779, -95.4992 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenwood Forest scores 4.9

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
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,206 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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.
Greenwood Forest risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 5512013.7Houstonparent 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)

  • 497Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.29×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near 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

Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

Average gross rent is $1,206, 11% below the Houston average. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 8.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $53,176. 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201551201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201551201?

Census tract 48201551201 in the Greenwood Forest neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 48201551201?

Median gross rent is $1,206/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 89% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201551201?

20.1% of residents in tract 48201551201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,990.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201551201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 84th, minority 84th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 48201551201 considered part of Greenwood Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201551201 fall within Greenwood Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201551201 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.29× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201551201 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201551201 scores 4.9/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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