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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Cypress Forest Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201553401 · Harris, TX · pop 3,971 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

48201553401 is a census tract in the Cypress Forest Lakes area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,971 residents. Average gross rent is $1,938, 42% above the Houston average.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 4% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,376
Renter share8.0%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$119,700

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Cypress Forest Lakes
Very Low
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#849 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very Low
Within county
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#1,056 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 30.0424, -95.4427 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cypress Forest Lakes scores 3

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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,938 rent vs county FMR
7.7
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 / state3.0This tracttract 5534013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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)

  • 69Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 10.79%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.9%Peak (2009)
  • 6Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201553401
Filings dropped 57% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 51Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.26×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

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The voucher gap is 26.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 69 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2009, when 9.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 10.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Social vulnerability reads 3.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201553401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201553401?

Census tract 48201553401 in the Cypress Forest Lakes neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48201553401?

Median gross rent is $1,938/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201553401?

6.3% of residents in tract 48201553401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,971.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201553401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 45th, minority 46th, housing 9th.
Q5

Is tract 48201553401 considered part of Cypress Forest Lakes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201553401 fall within Cypress Forest Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201553401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 69 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201553401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.79% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201553401 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.26× 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 48201553401 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201553401 scores 3/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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