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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Clear Lake City Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201340701 · Harris, TX · pop 4,172 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 48201340701 covers part of the Clear Lake City area of Houston, TX, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,172. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 49.5% across Harris County.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 20% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,447
Renter share29.3%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$72,762

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Clear Lake City
Moderate
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#612 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#682 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Low
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4,107 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.5584, -95.1305 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clear Lake City scores 3.2

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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,232 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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.
Clear Lake City risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 3407013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

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)

  • 455Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 6.45×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.

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

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. At $1,232 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Houston commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $72,762. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201340701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201340701?

Census tract 48201340701 in the Clear Lake City neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 48201340701?

Median gross rent is $1,232/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201340701?

8.6% of residents in tract 48201340701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,172.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201340701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 87th, minority 75th, housing 39th.
Q5

Is tract 48201340701 considered part of Clear Lake City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201340701 fall within Clear Lake City (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201340701 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 6.45× 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 48201340701 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201340701 scores 3.2/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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