Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Laurel Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201554905 · Harris, TX · pop 7,231 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 48201554905 covers part of the Laurel Park area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,231. 28% 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 13%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,509
Renter share23.3%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$124,988
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0608, -95.5315 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurel Park 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
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,795 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 Laurel Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 322Total filings 2020-21
- 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 9.76×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 Laurel Park
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,795, 32% above the Houston average. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The voucher gap is 17.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 23% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.8/10.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $124,988, an unusually wide affordability cushion. 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201554905
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201554905?
Census tract 48201554905 in the Laurel Park 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 48201554905?
Median gross rent is $1,795/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201554905?
9.8% of residents in tract 48201554905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,231.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201554905?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 25th, minority 66th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 48201554905 considered part of Laurel Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201554905 fall within Laurel Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201554905 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 9.76× 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 48201554905 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201554905 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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