Within neighborhood
94
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Chinatown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201433202 · Harris, TX · pop 3,573 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 48201433202 sits in the Chinatown area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 3,573 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 35.3% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,193
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate24.3%
Median income$56,701
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6968, -95.5412 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chinatown 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
24.3% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,153 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Chinatown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 360Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.0%Peak (2015)
- 93Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 133% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 202Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×Ratio to 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 Chinatown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chinatown
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Severe burden reaches 13%. 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. Court records carry 360 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
At $1,153 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Houston commands. Filings peaked in 2015 at 15.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201433202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201433202?
Census tract 48201433202 in the Chinatown 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 48201433202?
Median gross rent is $1,153/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201433202?
24.3% of residents in tract 48201433202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,573.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201433202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 80th, minority 90th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 48201433202 considered part of Chinatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201433202 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201433202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 360 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201433202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.22% of renter households, peaking at 15.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201433202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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 48201433202 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201433202 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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