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

Riverton Ranch Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201554406 · Harris, TX · pop 4,780 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

48201554406 is a census tract in the Riverton Ranch area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,780 residents. 44% 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
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 5% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,599
Renter share9.2%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$134,792

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Riverton Ranch
Moderate
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#763 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very Low
Within county
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#1,073 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 30.0136, -95.7143 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverton Ranch 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
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,997 rent vs county FMR
8.1
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 Riverton Ranch compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Riverton Ranch risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 5544063.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 59Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.87×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverton Ranch

Average gross rent is $1,997, 47% above the Houston average. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.1/10.

The voucher gap is 30.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Cost burden runs 44% here against 49.5% across Harris County. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 9% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.7/10.

Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $134,792, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201554406

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201554406?

Census tract 48201554406 in the Riverton Ranch 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 48201554406?

Median gross rent is $1,997/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201554406?

4.5% of residents in tract 48201554406 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,780.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201554406?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 33th, minority 74th, housing 13th.
Q5

Is tract 48201554406 considered part of Riverton Ranch?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201554406 fall within Riverton Ranch (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201554406 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.87× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201554406 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201554406 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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