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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Cypress Forest Lakes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201553300 · Harris, TX · pop 3,857 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 48201553300 covers part of the Cypress Forest Lakes area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 70% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 70% Stable renters 30% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units2,230
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate33.7%
Median income$42,946

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Cypress Forest Lakes
Very High
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#157 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#330 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 30.0259, -95.4347 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cypress Forest Lakes scores 5.1

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
33.7% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$1,261 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 / state5.1This tracttract 5533003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 3,764Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 24.14%Avg annual filing rate
  • 28.7%Peak (2014)
  • 581Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201553300
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 3,821Total filings 2020-21
  • 49.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 43.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.15×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near 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

100% 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. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $42,946, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3,764 filings here across 7 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.7% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 28.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 24.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201553300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201553300?

Census tract 48201553300 in the Cypress Forest Lakes neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 48201553300?

Median gross rent is $1,261/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201553300?

33.7% of residents in tract 48201553300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,857.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201553300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 28th, minority 91th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 48201553300 considered part of Cypress Forest Lakes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201553300 fall within Cypress Forest Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201553300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,764 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201553300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.14% of renter households, peaking at 28.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201553300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.15× 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 48201553300 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201553300 scores 5.1/10, 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

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