Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Friendswood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201350801 · Harris, TX · pop 5,212 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Friendswood
Census tract 48201350801 covers part of Friendswood, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,212. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.2/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units2,145
Renter share58.8%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$68,309
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Friendswood and the region
Centroid at 29.5249, -95.1752 · click any tract to drill in
Why Friendswood scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,457 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%Housing & transportation
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)
- 373Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.9%Peak (2009)
- 51Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 359Total filings 2020-21
- 4.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.31×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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Friendswood
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Harris County average of 49.5%. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
Court records carry 373 eviction filings across 7 observed years. At $1,457 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Friendswood commands. Filings peaked in 2009 at 10.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201350801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201350801?
Census tract 48201350801 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 48201350801?
Median gross rent is $1,457/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201350801?
8.0% of residents in tract 48201350801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,212.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201350801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 17th, minority 68th, housing 27th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201350801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 373 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201350801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.91% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201350801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.31× 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 48201350801 compare to Friendswood overall?
Tract 48201350801 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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