Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Candlelight Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201553404 · Harris, TX · pop 3,671 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 48201553404 covers the Candlelight Hills neighborhood of Houston, home to 3,671 residents. For landlords it grades 5.4/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 52nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,024 monthly, set against $142,603 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,079
Renter share16.8%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$142,603
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0460, -95.4624 · click any tract to drill in
Why Candlelight Hills scores 3.2
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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$3,024 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 Candlelight Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 155Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 12.92×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 Candlelight Hills
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 12.92x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201553404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201553404?
Census tract 48201553404 in the Candlelight Hills neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 48201553404?
Median gross rent is $3,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201553404?
11.9% of residents in tract 48201553404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,671.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201553404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 25th, minority 62th, housing 5th.
Q5
Is tract 48201553404 considered part of Candlelight Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201553404 fall within Candlelight Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201553404 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 12.92× 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 48201553404 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201553404 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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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