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Braeburn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201422601 · Harris, TX · pop 3,533 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 48201422601 covers part of the Braeburn area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,533. roughly three in four of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Harris County average of 49.5%.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 15% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,204
Renter share63.4%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate30.0%
Median income$45,357

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Braeburn
Very High
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#147 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#200 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 29.6810, -95.5031 · click any tract to drill in

Why Braeburn 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
30.0% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$927 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Braeburn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Braeburn risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4226013.7Houstonparent 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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 214Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.90×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Braeburn. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Braeburn

Adults with no health insurance runs 37.3% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.1/10.

Average gross rent is $927, 32% below the Houston average. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $45,357.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201422601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201422601?

Census tract 48201422601 in the Braeburn 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 48201422601?

Median gross rent is $927/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201422601?

30.0% of residents in tract 48201422601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,533.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201422601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 73th, minority 84th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 48201422601 considered part of Braeburn?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201422601 fall within Braeburn (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201422601 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.90× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201422601 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201422601 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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