Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Meisterwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201552103 · Harris, TX · pop 3,617 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
48201552103 is a census tract in the Meisterwood area of Houston, TX. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,282
Renter share33.2%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$87,895
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9382, -95.6248 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meisterwood scores 3.2
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
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,232 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Meisterwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 132Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.2%Peak (2011)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 75Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.83×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 Meisterwood
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 132 evictions over 7 years of observation. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
At $1,232 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Houston commands. Filings peaked in 2011 at 14.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $87,895, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for about half of renters. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 48201552103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201552103?
Census tract 48201552103 in the Meisterwood neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 48201552103?
Median gross rent is $1,232/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201552103?
12.8% of residents in tract 48201552103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,617.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201552103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 87th, minority 79th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 48201552103 considered part of Meisterwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201552103 fall within Meisterwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201552103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 132 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201552103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.20% of renter households, peaking at 14.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201552103 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.83× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201552103 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201552103 scores 3.2/10, 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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