Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Avondale Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201330600 · Harris, TX · pop 6,884 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 48201330600 covers part of the Avondale area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,884 residents. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 49.5% across Harris County.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,403
Renter share34.0%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$62,102
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6123, -95.4336 · click any tract to drill in
Why Avondale scores 3.8
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
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,163 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Avondale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 399Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2015)
- 87Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 78% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 360Total filings 2020-21
- 4.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.98×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 Avondale. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Avondale
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.6% against 11.3% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 399 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,163, 15% below the Houston average. Filings peaked in 2015 at 14.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201330600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201330600?
Census tract 48201330600 in the Avondale neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 48201330600?
Median gross rent is $1,163/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201330600?
11.6% of residents in tract 48201330600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,884.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201330600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 96th, minority 94th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 48201330600 considered part of Avondale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201330600 fall within Avondale (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201330600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 399 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201330600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.54% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201330600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.98× 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 48201330600 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201330600 scores 3.8/10, 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.
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