Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Wortham Falls Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201552102 · Harris, TX · pop 5,676 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 48201552102 in the Wortham Falls area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,360
Renter share21.9%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate0.0%
Median income$85,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
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 29.9381, -95.6158 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wortham Falls 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
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,170 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Falls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 136Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2010)
- 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 106Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.16×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 Falls
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 136 evictions over 7 years of observation.
At $1,170 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Houston commands. Filings peaked in 2010 at 14.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201552102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201552102?
Census tract 48201552102 in the Wortham Falls 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 48201552102?
Median gross rent is $1,170/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201552102?
0.0% of residents in tract 48201552102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,676.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201552102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 78th, minority 67th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 48201552102 considered part of Wortham Falls?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201552102 fall within Wortham Falls (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201552102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 136 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201552102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.26% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201552102 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.16× 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 48201552102 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201552102 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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