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

Mahatma Gandhi District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201421204 · Harris, TX · pop 3,857 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 48201421204 covers part of the Mahatma Gandhi District area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Adults with no health insurance runs 43.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 60% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,399
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate31.3%
Median income$41,965

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 21 tracts In Mahatma Gandhi District
Low
Within parent city
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#180 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 29.7215, -95.4895 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mahatma Gandhi District 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
31.3% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$927 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Mahatma Gandhi District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mahatma Gandhi District risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4212043.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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)

  • 212Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.24×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Mahatma Gandhi District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mahatma Gandhi District

This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. At $927 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Houston commands.

The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Harris County average of 49.5%. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 44.1% against 31.5% nationally. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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 48201421204

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201421204?

Census tract 48201421204 in the Mahatma Gandhi District 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 48201421204?

Median gross rent is $927/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201421204?

31.3% of residents in tract 48201421204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,857.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201421204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 72th, minority 96th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 48201421204 considered part of Mahatma Gandhi District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201421204 fall within Mahatma Gandhi District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201421204 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.24× 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 48201421204 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201421204 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.
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