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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Little Saigon Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201452402 · Harris, TX · pop 3,896 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 4.3/10, tract 48201452402 in the Little Saigon area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 27% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,219
Renter share50.3%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$64,816

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Little Saigon
Low
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#428 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#481 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2,275 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7085, -95.5808 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Saigon scores 4.3

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
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,341 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Little Saigon compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Little Saigon risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 4524023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 75Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.28×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 Little Saigon. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Saigon

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 23.9% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Harris County average of 4.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,341, close to the Houston average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $64,816.

50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201452402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201452402?

Census tract 48201452402 in the Little Saigon neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 48201452402?

Median gross rent is $1,341/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201452402?

16.8% of residents in tract 48201452402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,896.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201452402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 90th, minority 95th, housing 64th.
Q5

Is tract 48201452402 considered part of Little Saigon?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201452402 fall within Little Saigon (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201452402 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.28× 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.
Q7

How does tract 48201452402 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201452402 scores 4.3/10, 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

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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