Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Louetta Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201553403 · Harris, TX · pop 8,636 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 48201553403 covers part of the Louetta Lakes area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 8,636. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,770
Renter share42.7%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$79,731
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
37
th percentile
Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0591, -95.4625 · click any tract to drill in
Why Louetta Lakes scores 3.3
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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,733 rent vs county FMR
6.3
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 Louetta Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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)
- 103Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2012)
- 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 761Total filings 2020-21
- 9.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 9.06×Ratio to 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 Louetta Lakes
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. At $1,733 a month, rents run 27% over what the rest of Houston commands.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 103 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The voucher gap is 13.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. It sits 0.7 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2012, when 11.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10. 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 48201553403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201553403?
Census tract 48201553403 in the Louetta Lakes neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 48201553403?
Median gross rent is $1,733/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201553403?
11.2% of residents in tract 48201553403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,636.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201553403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 41th, minority 67th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 48201553403 considered part of Louetta Lakes?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201553403 fall within Louetta Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201553403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 103 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201553403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.74% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201553403 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 9.06× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201553403 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201553403 scores 3.3/10, 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.
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