Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Chinatown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201433202 ·
Harris, TX · pop 3,573 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 48201433202 (Chinatown in Houston, Texas) comes in at 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,153 a month against an average household income of $56,701 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.5
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 neighborhood
13th percentile
#15 of 17 tracts In Chinatown
Very Low
Within parent city
72th percentile
#268 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
73th percentile
#307 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
82th percentile
#1,216 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
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 5.5
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
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 by year2009 to 2015
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
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.60x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201433202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201433202?
Census tract 48201433202 in the Chinatown neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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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