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Bayou Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Meadows Place

Tract 48157672002 · Fort Bend, TX · pop 6,920 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 48157672002 covers part of the Bayou Place area of Stafford, TX, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,920. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 53% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units2,691
Renter share80.8%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$71,116

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Bayou Place
Very High
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Meadows Place
Moderate
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 133 tracts In Fort Bend
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#83 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Meadows Place and the region

Centroid at 29.6429, -95.5904 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bayou Place scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Meadows Place
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,371 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Meadows Place
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Meadows Place
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Meadows Place
4.3

How Bayou Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bayou Place risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 6720023.7Meadows Placeparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,041Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 5.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.8%Peak (2010)
  • 81Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48157672002
Filings climbed 138% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Bayou Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bayou Place

81% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Fort Bend County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.

Cost burden runs 34% here against 42.8% across Fort Bend County. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Court records carry 1,041 eviction filings across 14 observed years. At $1,371 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Stafford commands.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 5.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $71,116.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48157672002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48157672002?

Census tract 48157672002 in the Bayou Place neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 48157672002?

Median gross rent is $1,371/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48157672002?

10.6% of residents in tract 48157672002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,920.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48157672002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 40th, minority 83th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 48157672002 considered part of Bayou Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48157672002 fall within Bayou Place (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48157672002?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,041 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 48157672002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.47% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48157672002 compare to Meadows Place overall?

Tract 48157672002 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Meadows Place at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Meadows Place; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Meadows Place

Top eight tracts in Meadows Place ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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