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Cypress Forest Lakes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201553202 · Harris, TX · pop 4,174 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 48201553202 covers part of the Cypress Forest Lakes area of Houston, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,174. Against Harris County at 49.5%, roughly two in three of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53% Stable renters 29% Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,974
Renter share82.4%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$47,708

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Cypress Forest Lakes
Low
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#344 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#396 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 30.0318, -95.4458 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cypress Forest Lakes 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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,130 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Cypress Forest Lakes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cypress Forest Lakes risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 5532023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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)

  • 2,067Total filings 2020-21
  • 26.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 18.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.47×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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cypress Forest Lakes. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cypress Forest Lakes

Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 22.4% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,130, 17% below the Houston average. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $47,708.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201553202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201553202?

Census tract 48201553202 in the Cypress Forest Lakes 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 48201553202?

Median gross rent is $1,130/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201553202?

17.9% of residents in tract 48201553202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,174.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201553202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 75th, minority 87th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 48201553202 considered part of Cypress Forest Lakes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201553202 fall within Cypress Forest Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201553202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.47× 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 48201553202 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201553202 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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