Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Linkwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201413000 · Harris, TX · pop 3,457 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
48201413000 is a census tract in the Linkwood area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,423
Renter share48.3%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$101,518
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6974, -95.4423 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linkwood 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
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,703 rent vs county FMR
6.1
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 Linkwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 67Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2010)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 50Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.45×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 Linkwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linkwood
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. At $1,703 a month, rents run 25% over what the rest of Houston commands. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.
It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 67 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 3.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201413000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201413000?
Census tract 48201413000 in the Linkwood 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 48201413000?
Median gross rent is $1,703/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201413000?
6.8% of residents in tract 48201413000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,457.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201413000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 85th, minority 66th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 48201413000 considered part of Linkwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201413000 fall within Linkwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201413000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 67 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201413000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.42% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201413000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.45× 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 48201413000 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201413000 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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