Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #74,103 of 84,120 nationally
Old Sixth Ward Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201980700 · Harris, TX · pop 1,604 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
For landlords sizing up Old Sixth Ward in Houston, census tract 48201980700 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. That is riskier than about 41% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,741 monthly, set against $139,038 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 75% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,096
Renter share74.5%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$139,038
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7622, -95.3652 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Sixth Ward scores 2.3
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
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$2,741 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 Old Sixth Ward compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)
- 323Total filings 2020-21
- 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 4.06×Ratio to 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 Old Sixth Ward. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Sixth Ward
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201980700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201980700?
Census tract 48201980700 in the Old Sixth Ward neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 48201980700?
Median gross rent is $2,741/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201980700?
11.5% of residents in tract 48201980700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,604.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201980700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 0th, minority 51th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 48201980700 considered part of Old Sixth Ward?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201980700 fall within Old Sixth Ward (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201980700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 4.06× 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 48201980700 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201980700 scores 2.3/10, lower than the parent city of Houston at 2.7/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 48201980700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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