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

Cypresswood Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201553500 · Harris, TX · pop 6,892 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

48201553500 is a census tract in the Cypresswood area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,892 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 15% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,461
Renter share29.2%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$100,815

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Cypresswood
Very Low
Within parent city
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#686 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#1,059 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 30.0374, -95.4754 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cypresswood 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
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,792 rent vs county FMR
6.7
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 Cypresswood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cypresswood risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 5535003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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)

  • 157Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.13%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.5%Peak (2011)
  • 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201553500
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 521Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 4.09×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 Cypresswood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cypresswood

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. At $1,792 a month, rents run 32% over what the rest of Houston commands. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The voucher gap is 17.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.

The filing record is not thin: 157 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2011 at 8.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201553500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201553500?

Census tract 48201553500 in the Cypresswood 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 48201553500?

Median gross rent is $1,792/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201553500?

2.9% of residents in tract 48201553500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,892.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201553500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 85th, minority 58th, housing 12th.
Q5

Is tract 48201553500 considered part of Cypresswood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201553500 fall within Cypresswood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201553500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 157 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201553500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.13% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201553500 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 4.09× 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 48201553500 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201553500 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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