Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Clear Lake City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201340502 · Harris, TX · pop 2,228 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201340502 in the Clear Lake City area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,228 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 50%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,035
Renter share81.8%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate32.4%
Median income$54,105
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.5609, -95.1203 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clear Lake City 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
32.4% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,052 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Clear Lake City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 539Total filings 2020-21
- 7.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.05×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Clear Lake City. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clear Lake City
This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 26.4% against 11.3% nationally.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,052, 23% below the Houston average. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.2/10.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
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 48201340502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201340502?
Census tract 48201340502 in the Clear Lake City 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 48201340502?
Median gross rent is $1,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201340502?
32.4% of residents in tract 48201340502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,228.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201340502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 96th, minority 78th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 48201340502 considered part of Clear Lake City?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201340502 fall within Clear Lake City (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201340502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.05× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201340502 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201340502 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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