Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood West Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201554302 · Harris, TX · pop 4,286 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
48201554302 is a census tract in the Lakewood West area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,286. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,512
Renter share24.1%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$112,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9743, -95.6143 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood West 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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,469 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Lakewood West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%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)
- 340Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.5%Peak (2013)
- 52Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 940% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 793Total filings 2020-21
- 10.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.06×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakewood West
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 340 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 14.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $112,583, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
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 48201554302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201554302?
Census tract 48201554302 in the Lakewood West 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 48201554302?
Median gross rent is $1,469/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201554302?
8.3% of residents in tract 48201554302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,286.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201554302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 31th, minority 71th, housing 4th.
Q5
Is tract 48201554302 considered part of Lakewood West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201554302 fall within Lakewood West (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201554302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 340 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201554302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.00% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201554302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.06× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201554302 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201554302 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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