Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Wimbledon Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201553700 · Harris, TX · pop 4,415 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 48201553700 in the Wimbledon Forest area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,681
Renter share41.6%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$72,338
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0173, -95.5103 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wimbledon Forest scores 3.8
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
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,343 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Wimbledon Forest 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.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 283Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.3%Peak (2010)
- 34Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 314Total filings 2020-21
- 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.47×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 Wimbledon Forest
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 283 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2010, when 15.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,343, close to the Houston average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $72,338. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201553700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201553700?
Census tract 48201553700 in the Wimbledon Forest neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 48201553700?
Median gross rent is $1,343/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201553700?
14.0% of residents in tract 48201553700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,415.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201553700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 94th, minority 65th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 48201553700 considered part of Wimbledon Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201553700 fall within Wimbledon Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201553700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 283 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201553700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.90% of renter households, peaking at 15.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201553700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.47× 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 48201553700 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201553700 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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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