Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Friendswood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201350801 · Harris, TX · pop 5,212 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Friendswood
Here is how census tract 48201350801, in Friendswood, looks to a landlord: a 5.4/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 5,212. It lands near the 52nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,457 monthly, set against $68,309 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 59% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.8
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
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
27
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 2.8
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
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.4/10. 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 Friendswood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.31x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 373 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 6.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.9% of renter households in 2009.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201350801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201350801?
Census tract 48201350801 in Friendswood scores 2.8/10 (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 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Friendswood at 2.2/10. 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.
Tract · TX
48201350700
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
Glenshannon
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
48201350604
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
48167720100
1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
48167720200
1.4
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
Wilderness Trails
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
48201350804
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
West Ranch
1.1
/ 10 · Very Low
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