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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Baytown Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48201254100 · Harris, TX · pop 5,669

48201254100 is a census tract in Baytown, TX. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,669 residents. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 33% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,873
Renter share52.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate25.0%
Median income$59,539

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 23 tracts In Baytown
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#108 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Baytown and the region

Centroid at 29.7464, -94.9559 · click any tract to drill in

Why Baytown scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
25.0% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,093 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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.
Baytown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 2541004.0Baytownparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 349Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 7.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.3%Peak (2013)
  • 57Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201254100
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 358Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.62×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Adults with no health insurance runs 32.2% against 11.3% nationally. Cost burden runs 36% here against 49.5% across Harris County.

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.4 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. At $1,093 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Baytown commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 349 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 7.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 9.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

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 48201254100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201254100?

Census tract 48201254100 in Baytown scores 5.4/10 (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 48201254100?

Median gross rent is $1,093/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201254100?

25.0% of residents in tract 48201254100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,669.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201254100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 93th, minority 83th, housing 97th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201254100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 349 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201254100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.05% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201254100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.62× 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.
Q7

How does tract 48201254100 compare to Baytown overall?

Tract 48201254100 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Baytown at 4/10. 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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