Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Wortham Grove Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201552101 · Harris, TX · pop 4,457 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
48201552101 is a census tract in the Wortham Grove area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,457 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,729
Renter share51.8%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$89,308
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9235, -95.6188 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wortham Grove scores 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
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,587 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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 Wortham Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 819Total filings over 7 yrs
- 17.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.0%Peak (2010)
- 69Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 30% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 659Total filings 2020-21
- 8.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.17×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wortham Grove
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 49.5% across Harris County. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
Average gross rent is $1,587, 17% above the Houston average. The filing record is not thin: 819 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 23.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 17.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201552101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201552101?
Census tract 48201552101 in the Wortham Grove neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48201552101?
Median gross rent is $1,587/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201552101?
6.4% of residents in tract 48201552101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,457.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201552101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 13th, minority 88th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 48201552101 considered part of Wortham Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201552101 fall within Wortham Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201552101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 819 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201552101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.88% of renter households, peaking at 23.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201552101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201552101 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201552101 scores 3/10, lower 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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