Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Ravensway Lake Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201552301 · Harris, TX · pop 4,402 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 48201552301 covers the Ravensway Lake area of Houston in Texas. Home to 4,402 residents, it scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #61,016 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,610 a month against an average household income of $84,861 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,618
Renter share31.5%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$84,861
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9568, -95.6135 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ravensway Lake scores 3.4
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
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,610 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 Ravensway Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 349Total filings over 7 yrs
- 16.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.1%Peak (2010)
- 47Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 34% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 204Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×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 Ravensway Lake
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 5.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Harris County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 349 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 16.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 22.1% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201552301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201552301?
Census tract 48201552301 in the Ravensway Lake neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 48201552301?
Median gross rent is $1,610/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201552301?
1.7% of residents in tract 48201552301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,402.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201552301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 88th, minority 56th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 48201552301 considered part of Ravensway Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201552301 fall within Ravensway Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201552301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 349 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201552301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.56% of renter households, peaking at 22.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201552301 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× 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 48201552301 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201552301 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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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