Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
La Porte Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201343700 · Harris, TX · pop 4,005 · 72% of tract blocks fall in La Porte
48201343700 is a census tract in La Porte, TX. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 17% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,468
Renter share40.7%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate21.3%
Median income$63,679
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across La Porte and the region
Centroid at 29.6374, -95.0618 · click any tract to drill in
Why La Porte scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from La Porte
2.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
21.3% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,435 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from La Porte
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from La Porte
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from La Porte
7.4
How La Porte compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 421Total filings over 7 yrs
- 12.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.7%Peak (2009)
- 70Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 272Total filings 2020-21
- 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.67×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 La Porte
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.9/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.3/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 23.1% against 11.3% nationally.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 421 evictions over 7 years of observation. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.
The worst year on record was 2009, when 17.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201343700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201343700?
Census tract 48201343700 in La Porte scores 4.8/10 (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 48201343700?
Median gross rent is $1,435/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201343700?
21.3% of residents in tract 48201343700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,005.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201343700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 64th, minority 79th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201343700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 421 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201343700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.93% of renter households, peaking at 17.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201343700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201343700 compare to La Porte overall?
Tract 48201343700 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of La Porte at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from La Porte; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in La Porte
Top eight tracts in La Porte ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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48201343601
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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