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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Friendswood Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 48201350604 · Harris, TX · pop 3,306 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Friendswood

Census tract 48201350604 covers part of Friendswood, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,306 residents. roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Harris County average of 49.5%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 24% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,398
Renter share34.6%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$105,726

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Friendswood
Very High
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#828 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Friendswood and the region

Centroid at 29.5415, -95.1844 · click any tract to drill in

Why Friendswood scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Friendswood
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,400 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Friendswood
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Friendswood
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Friendswood
4.4

How Friendswood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Friendswood risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 3506043.4Friendswoodparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 99Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.31×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Friendswood

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

At $1,400 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Friendswood commands. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $105,726, 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 household composition measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 35% 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 48201350604

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201350604?

Census tract 48201350604 in Friendswood 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 48201350604?

Median gross rent is $1,400/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201350604?

1.7% of residents in tract 48201350604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,306.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201350604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 6th, minority 58th, housing 11th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48201350604 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.31× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6

How does tract 48201350604 compare to Friendswood overall?

Tract 48201350604 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Friendswood at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Friendswood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Friendswood

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

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