Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,265 of 84,120 nationally
Fifth Ward Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201211101 · Harris, TX · pop 3,240 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.8/10 for census tract 48201211101 reflects conditions in the Fifth Ward neighborhood of Houston, Texas. It lands near the 67th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $984 monthly, set against $39,120 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units757
Renter share72.1%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate39.3%
Median income$39,120
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7871, -95.3359 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fifth Ward scores 3.6
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
39.3% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
$984 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Fifth Ward compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 60%Grade C
- 21%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)
- 479Total filings 2020-21
- 6.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.81×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Fifth Ward. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fifth Ward
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 9.8/10. 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 above 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.81x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
Part of this tract, about 21% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201211101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201211101?
Census tract 48201211101 in the Fifth Ward neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 48201211101?
Median gross rent is $984/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201211101?
39.3% of residents in tract 48201211101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,240.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201211101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 41th, minority 91th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 48201211101 considered part of Fifth Ward?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201211101 fall within Fifth Ward (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201211101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.81× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201211101 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201211101 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.7/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 48201211101 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 21% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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