Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Mahatma Gandhi District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201421205 · Harris, TX · pop 2,877 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 48201421205 sits in the Mahatma Gandhi District area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 2,877 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 52.8% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units916
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate38.7%
Median income$33,906
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7181, -95.4937 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mahatma Gandhi District 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
38.7% poverty · this tract
9.7
Supply constraint
$932 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Mahatma Gandhi District 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.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 242Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×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 Mahatma Gandhi District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mahatma Gandhi District
The dominant input is economic stress at 9.7/10. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Disability prevalence runs 49.2% against 31.5% nationally. Average gross rent is $932, 32% below the Houston average. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.1/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $33,906 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
Cost burden runs 54% here against 49.5% across Harris County. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201421205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201421205?
Census tract 48201421205 in the Mahatma Gandhi District 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 48201421205?
Median gross rent is $932/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201421205?
38.7% of residents in tract 48201421205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,877.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201421205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 75th, minority 93th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 48201421205 considered part of Mahatma Gandhi District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201421205 fall within Mahatma Gandhi District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201421205 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× 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 48201421205 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201421205 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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