Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201531800 · Harris, TX · pop 3,122 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 48201531800 covers part of the Highland Heights area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,122. 74% 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 30%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,160
Renter share36.5%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate39.4%
Median income$25,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8535, -95.4363 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Heights 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
39.4% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
$1,072 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 93%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 395Total filings over 7 yrs
- 17.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.2%Peak (2010)
- 60Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 22% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 300Total filings 2020-21
- 3.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×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 Highland Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Heights
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 83% of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $25,000 and the ratio lands at 51%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The dominant input is economic stress at 9.8/10. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 29.9% against 11.3% nationally.
Disability prevalence runs 47.7% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,072, 21% below the Houston average. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 395 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 21.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 17.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201531800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201531800?
Census tract 48201531800 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 48201531800?
Median gross rent is $1,072/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 83% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201531800?
39.4% of residents in tract 48201531800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,122.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201531800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 96th, minority 93th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 48201531800 considered part of Highland Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201531800 fall within Highland Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201531800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 395 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201531800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.64% of renter households, peaking at 21.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201531800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201531800 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201531800 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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