Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Baytown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201253000 · Harris, TX · pop 4,915 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Baytown
Baytown is where census tract 48201253000 sits, home to 4,915 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.8/10. That is riskier than about 67% of US census tracts.
35% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,229 a month while the average household earns $53,970 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,801
Renter share38.2%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$53,970
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baytown and the region
Centroid at 29.8222, -95.0196 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baytown scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Baytown
2.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,229 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Baytown
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Baytown
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Baytown
6.9
How Baytown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 368Total filings over 7 yrs
- 13.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.4%Peak (2015)
- 85Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 35% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 185Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.59×Ratio to 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 Baytown
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Baytown eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 0.59x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 368 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 13.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 21.4% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201253000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201253000?
Census tract 48201253000 in Baytown scores 5.6/10 (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 48201253000?
Median gross rent is $1,229/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201253000?
28.0% of residents in tract 48201253000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,915.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201253000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 95th, minority 82th, housing 67th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201253000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 368 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201253000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.28% of renter households, peaking at 21.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201253000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48201253000 compare to Baytown overall?
Tract 48201253000 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Baytown at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Baytown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Baytown
Top eight tracts in Baytown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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48201254000
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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48201253800
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48201254400
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48201254200
5
/ 10 · Moderate
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