Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Westwood South Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201433602 · Harris, TX · pop 4,219 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 48201433602 sits in the Westwood South area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 4,219. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 56%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,676
Renter share99.6%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate31.7%
Median income$47,318
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6730, -95.5525 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westwood South scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Houston
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
31.7% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,006 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houston
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houston
2.5
How Westwood South 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.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 1,565Total filings 2020-21
- 20.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 21.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.96×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
Within Westwood South. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westwood South
Adults with no health insurance runs 34.2% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Average gross rent is $1,006, 26% below the Houston average. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
Cost burden runs 44% here against 49.5% across Harris County. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201433602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201433602?
Census tract 48201433602 in the Westwood South neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 48201433602?
Median gross rent is $1,006/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201433602?
31.7% of residents in tract 48201433602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,219.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201433602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 42th, minority 95th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 48201433602 considered part of Westwood South?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201433602 fall within Westwood South (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201433602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.96× 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 48201433602 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201433602 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Houston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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