Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Fifth Ward Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201211600 · Harris, TX · pop 2,945 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 48201211600 covers part of the Fifth Ward area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Adults with no health insurance runs 40.3% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,090
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate27.3%
Median income$47,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7809, -95.3116 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fifth Ward 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
27.3% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$932 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Fifth Ward compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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
- 73%Grade C
- 27%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
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)
- 195Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2012)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 204Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.06×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 Fifth Ward. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fifth Ward
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.1/10.
Average gross rent is $932, 32% below the Houston average. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Disability prevalence runs 45.1% against 31.5% nationally.
It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 195 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 7.9% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 6.5% of renter households face a filing.
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 48201211600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201211600?
Census tract 48201211600 in the Fifth Ward 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 48201211600?
Median gross rent is $932/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201211600?
27.3% of residents in tract 48201211600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,945.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201211600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 85th, minority 94th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 48201211600 considered part of Fifth Ward?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201211600 fall within Fifth Ward (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201211600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 195 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201211600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.54% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201211600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.06× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201211600 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201211600 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.
Q9
Was tract 48201211600 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. 27% 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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