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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Highland Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201530701 · Harris, TX · pop 1,466 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

48201530701 is a census tract in the Highland Heights area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,466 residents. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 48% Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units660
Renter share90.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate56.4%
Median income$19,840

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Highland Heights
Very High
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#137 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#286 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8631, -95.4088 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Heights scores 5.1

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
56.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,114 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Highland Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Highland Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 5307013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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)

  • 291Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.42×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 Highland Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland Heights

Annualized rent equals 67% of average household income of $19,840, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 39.5% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 56%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

This is renter territory: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Disability prevalence runs 52.2% against 31.5% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

At $1,114 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Houston commands. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.8/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201530701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201530701?

Census tract 48201530701 in the Highland Heights 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 48201530701?

Median gross rent is $1,114/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201530701?

56.4% of residents in tract 48201530701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,466.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201530701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 99th, minority 88th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 48201530701 considered part of Highland Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201530701 fall within Highland Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201530701 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.42× 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 48201530701 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201530701 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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