Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Sugar Land Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48157672202 · Fort Bend, TX · pop 2,955

Census tract 48157672202 covers part of Sugar Land, TX, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,955. 15% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Fort Bend County average of 42.8%.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 26% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units1,050

Renter share30.7%

SVI overall0.42

Poverty rate12.3%

Median income$83,261

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sugar Land and the region

Centroid at 29.6266, -95.6278 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sugar Land scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Sugar Land

3.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.5

State political climate

Texas legislature & governorship

1.5

Economic stress

12.3% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$1,879 rent vs county FMR

7.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Sugar Land

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Sugar Land

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Sugar Land

2.0

How Sugar Land compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

42%Socioeconomic
35%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
42%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sugar Land

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10.

The voucher gap is 22.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. It tracks the Fort Bend County average of 3.8 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,879, close to the Sugar Land average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $83,261. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48157672202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48157672202?

Census tract 48157672202 in Sugar Land scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 48157672202?

Median gross rent is $1,879/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 48157672202?

12.3% of residents in tract 48157672202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,955.

How socially vulnerable is tract 48157672202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 35th, minority 63th, housing 42th.

How does tract 48157672202 compare to Sugar Land overall?

Tract 48157672202 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Sugar Land at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sugar Land eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sugar Land

Top eight tracts in Sugar Land ranked by composite eviction-risk score.