Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Baytown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201253202 · Harris, TX · pop 4,680 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Baytown
Tract 48201253202 covers Baytown in Texas. Home to 4,680 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #37,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,337 monthly, set against $70,826 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,146
Renter share47.8%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$70,826
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baytown and the region
Centroid at 29.7917, -94.9917 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baytown scores 3.9
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
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,337 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 768Total filings 2020-21
- 10.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.12×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 Baytown
What moves this score most 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 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 2.12x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201253202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201253202?
Census tract 48201253202 in Baytown scores 3.9/10 (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 48201253202?
Median gross rent is $1,337/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201253202?
9.6% of residents in tract 48201253202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,680.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201253202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 90th, minority 86th, housing 55th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201253202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.12× 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.
Q6
How does tract 48201253202 compare to Baytown overall?
Tract 48201253202 scores 3.9/10, 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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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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48201254000
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48201253800
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48201253000
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48201254100
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48201254400
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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