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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Highland Timbers Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201552701 · Harris, TX · pop 3,226 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

48201552701 is a census tract in the Highland Timbers area of Houston, TX. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,226 residents. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 30% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,660
Renter share66.2%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate19.2%
Median income$52,770

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Highland Timbers
Moderate
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#349 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#395 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#1,261 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.9706, -95.5484 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Timbers scores 4.8

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
19.2% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,448 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Highland Timbers compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Highland Timbers risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 5527013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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)

  • 460Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.74×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland Timbers

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $52,770, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Cost burden runs 54% here against 49.5% across Harris County. It sits 0.8 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,448, close to the Houston average.

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 48201552701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201552701?

Census tract 48201552701 in the Highland Timbers neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 48201552701?

Median gross rent is $1,448/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201552701?

19.2% of residents in tract 48201552701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,226.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201552701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 92th, minority 74th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 48201552701 considered part of Highland Timbers?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201552701 fall within Highland Timbers (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201552701 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.74× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201552701 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201552701 scores 4.8/10, 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.
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