Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Baytown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201254000 · Harris, TX · pop 3,305
For landlords sizing up Baytown, census tract 48201254000 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. That is riskier than about 79% of US census tracts.
About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,110 a month against an average household income of $52,636 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,521
Renter share61.2%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate29.5%
Median income$52,636
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baytown and the region
Centroid at 29.7343, -94.9430 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baytown scores 5.7
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
29.5% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,110 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 545Total filings over 7 yrs
- 10.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.4%Peak (2011)
- 100Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 47% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 440Total filings 2020-21
- 5.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.93×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 95th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 545 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 10.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.4% of renter households in 2011.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201254000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201254000?
Census tract 48201254000 in Baytown scores 5.7/10 (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 48201254000?
Median gross rent is $1,110/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201254000?
29.5% of residents in tract 48201254000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,305.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201254000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 74th, minority 69th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201254000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 545 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201254000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.95% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201254000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.93× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201254000 compare to Baytown overall?
Tract 48201254000 scores 5.7/10, 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
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/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
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5
/ 10 · Moderate
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