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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Ashford Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201451401 · Harris, TX · pop 3,547 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 48201451401 sits in the Ashford Hills area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. Population here is 3,547. 67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Harris County average of 49.5%.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 21% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,741
Renter share62.7%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$57,846

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Ashford Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#506 of 952 tracts In Houston
Moderate
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#586 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Moderate
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#3,222 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7504, -95.6124 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ashford Hills scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,232 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Ashford Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ashford Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 4514013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 436Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 5.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.0%Peak (2010)
  • 64Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201451401
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,348Total filings 2020-21
  • 17.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 4.32×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Ashford Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ashford Hills

The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 436 filings here across 7 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,232, 9% below the Houston average.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 8.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $57,846.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201451401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201451401?

Census tract 48201451401 in the Ashford Hills neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 48201451401?

Median gross rent is $1,232/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201451401?

9.5% of residents in tract 48201451401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,547.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201451401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 24th, minority 70th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 48201451401 considered part of Ashford Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201451401 fall within Ashford Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201451401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 436 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201451401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.59% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201451401 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 4.32× 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 48201451401 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201451401 scores 3.7/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

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

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