Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Mykawa Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201331602 · Harris, TX · pop 3,034 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201331602 in the Mykawa area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,034. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,196
Renter share68.1%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate24.4%
Median income$61,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6279, -95.3183 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mykawa scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Houston
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
24.4% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,468 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houston
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houston
2.5
How Mykawa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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)
- 696Total filings over 7 yrs
- 19.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.0%Peak (2014)
- 68Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,158Total filings 2020-21
- 15.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.78×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
Within Mykawa. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mykawa
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 72% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 696 filings here across 7 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.5% against 11.3% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 26.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 19.3% of renter households face a filing.
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 48201331602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201331602?
Census tract 48201331602 in the Mykawa neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 48201331602?
Median gross rent is $1,468/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201331602?
24.4% of residents in tract 48201331602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,034.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201331602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 63th, minority 97th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 48201331602 considered part of Mykawa?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201331602 fall within Mykawa (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201331602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 696 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201331602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.34% of renter households, peaking at 26.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201331602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.78× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201331602 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201331602 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Houston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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