Within neighborhood
38
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Chinatown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201432901 · Harris, TX · pop 3,578 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 48201432901 covers part of the Chinatown area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,578. Adults with no health insurance runs 42.1% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,180
Renter share80.4%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate34.7%
Median income$42,958
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7163, -95.5279 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chinatown 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
34.7% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$1,102 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Chinatown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 168Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2011)
- 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 393Total filings 2020-21
- 5.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.65×Ratio to 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
Within Chinatown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chinatown
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.7/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Disability prevalence runs 43.7% against 31.5% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,102, 19% below the Houston average.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The filing record is not thin: 168 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 4.4% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201432901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201432901?
Census tract 48201432901 in the Chinatown 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 48201432901?
Median gross rent is $1,102/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201432901?
34.7% of residents in tract 48201432901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,578.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201432901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 77th, minority 90th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 48201432901 considered part of Chinatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201432901 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201432901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 168 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201432901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.75% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201432901 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.65× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201432901 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201432901 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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