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

Baytown Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48201254800 · Harris, TX · pop 2,738 · 76% of tract blocks fall in Baytown

Census tract 48201254800 covers part of Baytown, TX, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,738 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 13% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units880
Renter share33.6%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate34.8%
Median income$44,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 23 tracts In Baytown
Elevated
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#21 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 29.7456, -95.0086 · 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
34.8% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$1,237 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 2548004.0Baytownparent 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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 217Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.01×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near 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 32.1% against 11.3% nationally. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10. Cost burden runs 62% here against 49.5% across Harris County.

The poverty rate is 35%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.7/10. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $44,167, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,237, close to the Baytown average. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201254800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201254800?

Census tract 48201254800 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 48201254800?

Median gross rent is $1,237/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201254800?

34.8% of residents in tract 48201254800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,738.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201254800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 93th, minority 80th, housing 96th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48201254800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.01× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6

How does tract 48201254800 compare to Baytown overall?

Tract 48201254800 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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