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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Candlelight Plaza Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201530702 · Harris, TX · pop 3,778 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

48201530702 is a census tract in the Candlelight Plaza area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,778 residents. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.9/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 19% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,516
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate39.6%
Median income$36,686

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Candlelight Plaza
Moderate
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#196 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#287 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
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 29.8516, -95.4040 · click any tract to drill in

Why Candlelight Plaza 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
39.6% poverty · this tract
9.9
Supply constraint
$813 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 Candlelight Plaza compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Candlelight Plaza risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 5307023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 304Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.56×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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Candlelight Plaza

Adults with no health insurance runs 39.4% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $813, 40% below the Houston average. The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Cost burden runs 59% here against 49.5% across Harris County. Disability prevalence runs 44.3% against 31.5% nationally.

It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $36,686.

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 48201530702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201530702?

Census tract 48201530702 in the Candlelight Plaza 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 48201530702?

Median gross rent is $813/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201530702?

39.6% of residents in tract 48201530702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,778.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201530702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 75th, minority 93th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 48201530702 considered part of Candlelight Plaza?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201530702 fall within Candlelight Plaza (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201530702 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.56× 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.
Q7

How does tract 48201530702 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201530702 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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