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

Lamar Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201421101 · Harris, TX · pop 2,644 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 48201421101 covers part of the Lamar Terrace area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,644. 93% 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.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 60% Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units1,380
Renter share93.5%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate28.8%
Median income$57,959

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 11 tracts In Lamar Terrace
Very High
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#145 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#177 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
High
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 29.7223, -95.4701 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lamar Terrace 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
28.8% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,151 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Lamar Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lamar Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4211013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 564Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 5.48%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.9%Peak (2015)
  • 156Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201421101
Filings climbed 206% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 449Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 8.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.69×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lamar Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lamar Terrace

Against Harris County at 49.5%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 24.9% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $1,151, 15% below the Houston average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 564 filings here across 7 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 10.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 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 48201421101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201421101?

Census tract 48201421101 in the Lamar Terrace 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 48201421101?

Median gross rent is $1,151/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201421101?

28.8% of residents in tract 48201421101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,644.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201421101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 11th, minority 88th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 48201421101 considered part of Lamar Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201421101 fall within Lamar Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201421101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 564 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201421101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.48% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201421101 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201421101 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201421101 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

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

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