Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Brookhaven Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201332000 · Harris, TX · pop 5,951 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201332000 in the Brookhaven area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,951. 39% 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 18%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,944
Renter share54.4%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate51.2%
Median income$28,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6723, -95.3472 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookhaven 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
51.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$653 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Brookhaven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 610Total filings over 7 yrs
- 10.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.2%Peak (2014)
- 86Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 485Total filings 2020-21
- 6.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.94×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 Brookhaven. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookhaven
Cost burden runs 67% here against 49.5% across Harris County. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Average gross rent is $653, 52% below the Houston average.
The poverty rate is 51%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 30.3% against 11.3% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 49.0% against 31.5% nationally.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The filing record is not thin: 610 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 15.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 10.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201332000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201332000?
Census tract 48201332000 in the Brookhaven 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 48201332000?
Median gross rent is $653/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201332000?
51.2% of residents in tract 48201332000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,951.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201332000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 98th, minority 99th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 48201332000 considered part of Brookhaven?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201332000 fall within Brookhaven (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201332000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 610 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201332000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.11% of renter households, peaking at 15.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201332000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.94× 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 48201332000 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201332000 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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