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Bellaire West Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201453100 · Harris, TX · pop 4,081 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 48201453100 sits in the Bellaire West area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. 38% 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 47% Stable renters 30% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,493
Renter share77.0%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate36.4%
Median income$33,322

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Bellaire West
Very High
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#54 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#254 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7000, -95.5668 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bellaire West scores 5.1

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
36.4% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$1,089 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Bellaire West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bellaire West risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4531003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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)

  • 1,019Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 13.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 23.1%Peak (2013)
  • 54Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201453100
Filings dropped 55% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 530Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 13.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.53×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Within Bellaire West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bellaire West

Adults with no health insurance runs 34.4% against 11.3% nationally. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.1/10.

Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $33,322, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Cost burden runs 61% here against 49.5% across Harris County. This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. At $1,089 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Houston commands.

Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,019 filings here across 7 tracked years.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201453100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201453100?

Census tract 48201453100 in the Bellaire West 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 48201453100?

Median gross rent is $1,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201453100?

36.4% of residents in tract 48201453100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,081.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201453100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 92th, minority 94th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 48201453100 considered part of Bellaire West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201453100 fall within Bellaire West (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201453100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,019 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201453100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.26% of renter households, peaking at 23.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201453100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.53× 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.
Q8

How does tract 48201453100 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201453100 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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