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Bayou Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Meadows Place

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

In Bayou Place in Meadows Place, census tract 48157672002 scores 5.1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 41% of US census tracts.

About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,371 a month against an average household income of $71,116 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 81% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
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
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#31 of 133 tracts In Fort Bend
High
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,444 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
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 3.2

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 / stateThis tract: 3.23.2This tracttract 672002Meadows Place: 2.22.2Meadows Placeparent cityCounty: 2.52.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg 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 481576720022003: 34 filings (4.29/100 renter HHs)2004: 64 filings (8.07/100 renter HHs)2005: 60 filings (7.09/100 renter HHs)2006: 35 filings (4.14/100 renter HHs)2007: 55 filings (6.50/100 renter HHs)2008: 59 filings (6.97/100 renter HHs)2009: 76 filings (8.98/100 renter HHs)2010: 131 filings (5.79/100 renter HHs)2011: 83 filings (3.87/100 renter HHs)2012: 91 filings (4.25/100 renter HHs)2013: 115 filings (5.37/100 renter HHs)2014: 90 filings (4.20/100 renter HHs)2015: 67 filings (3.13/100 renter HHs)2016: 81 filings (3.89/100 renter HHs)
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

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Meadows Place, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Fort Bend County average of 4.8 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,041 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 5.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.8% of renter households in 2010.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

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 3.2/10 (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 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 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Meadows Place at 2.2/10. 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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