Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Alief Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201452802 · Harris, TX · pop 6,886 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
48201452802 is a census tract in the Alief area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,886. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,802
Renter share70.5%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate31.1%
Median income$51,723
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6972, -95.6007 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alief 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
31.1% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,312 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Alief compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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)
- 905Total filings over 7 yrs
- 11.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.3%Peak (2011)
- 92Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 523Total filings 2020-21
- 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.79×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 Alief. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Alief
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.9% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 905 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2011, when 16.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 11.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201452802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201452802?
Census tract 48201452802 in the Alief 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 48201452802?
Median gross rent is $1,312/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201452802?
31.1% of residents in tract 48201452802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,886.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201452802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 93th, minority 98th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 48201452802 considered part of Alief?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201452802 fall within Alief (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201452802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 905 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201452802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.66% of renter households, peaking at 16.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201452802 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201452802 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201452802 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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