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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Channelview Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48201252602 · Harris, TX · pop 3,808 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Channelview

Census tract 48201252602 covers part of Channelview, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 26% here against 49.5% across Harris County.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 24% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,159
Renter share32.3%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$43,734

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 8 tracts In Channelview
Very High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#109 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Channelview and the region

Centroid at 29.8422, -95.1123 · click any tract to drill in

Why Channelview scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Channelview
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,104 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Channelview
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Channelview
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Channelview
7.1

How Channelview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Channelview risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 2526023.7Channelviewparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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)

  • 145Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Channelview

Adults with no health insurance runs 37.9% against 11.3% nationally. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10.

24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $1,104, 14% below the Channelview average.

On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201252602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201252602?

Census tract 48201252602 in Channelview 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 48201252602?

Median gross rent is $1,104/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201252602?

19.4% of residents in tract 48201252602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,808.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201252602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 87th, minority 86th, housing 61th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48201252602 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6

How does tract 48201252602 compare to Channelview overall?

Tract 48201252602 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Channelview at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Channelview; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Channelview

Top eight tracts in Channelview ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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