Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Terravista Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201553801 · Harris, TX · pop 2,523 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
48201553801 is a census tract in the Terravista area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,523 residents. Severe burden reaches 57%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units877
Renter share9.2%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$138,608
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0430, -95.5102 · click any tract to drill in
Why Terravista scores 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
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,614 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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 Terravista compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 15Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2010)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 235Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 52.22×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 Terravista
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 72% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,614, 19% above the Houston average.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 15 filings here across 5 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 8.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 9% 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 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $138,608, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201553801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201553801?
Census tract 48201553801 in the Terravista 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 48201553801?
Median gross rent is $1,614/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201553801?
5.6% of residents in tract 48201553801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,523.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201553801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 30th, minority 59th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 48201553801 considered part of Terravista?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201553801 fall within Terravista (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201553801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 48201553801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.97% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201553801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 52.22× 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 48201553801 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201553801 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.
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