Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Village Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201411302 · Harris, TX · pop 2,426 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 48201411302 covers part of the Highland Village area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,426. At $2,007 a month, rents run 47% over what the rest of Houston commands.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 51%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,773
Renter share88.4%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$90,183
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7440, -95.4531 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Village scores 3
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
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$2,007 rent vs county FMR
8.1
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 Highland Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 534Total filings 2020-21
- 6.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.68×Ratio to 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 Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Village
88% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
The voucher gap is 31.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 17.7% against 31.5% nationally.
Cost burden runs 42% here against 49.5% across Harris County. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201411302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201411302?
Census tract 48201411302 in the Highland Village neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48201411302?
Median gross rent is $2,007/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201411302?
5.9% of residents in tract 48201411302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,426.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201411302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 0th, minority 60th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 48201411302 considered part of Highland Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201411302 fall within Highland Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201411302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.68× 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 48201411302 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201411302 scores 3/10, 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.
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