Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Branch Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201520601 · Harris, TX · pop 2,706 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
48201520601 is a census tract in the Spring Branch area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 36%. 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 45%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units847
Renter share77.7%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate30.1%
Median income$42,604
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8168, -95.4927 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring Branch 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
30.1% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$1,020 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Spring Branch compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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)
- 85Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2011)
- 8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 204Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.83×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 Spring Branch. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spring Branch
Adults with no health insurance runs 39.3% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. At $1,020 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Houston commands. Cost burden runs 57% here against 49.5% across Harris County.
It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 85 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2011 at 3.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201520601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201520601?
Census tract 48201520601 in the Spring Branch 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 48201520601?
Median gross rent is $1,020/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201520601?
30.1% of residents in tract 48201520601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,706.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201520601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 94th, minority 95th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 48201520601 considered part of Spring Branch?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201520601 fall within Spring Branch (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201520601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 85 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201520601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.15% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201520601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.83× 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 48201520601 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201520601 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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