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Mahatma Gandhi District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201421402 · Harris, TX · pop 3,864 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 48201421402 sits in the Mahatma Gandhi District area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56% Stable renters 42% Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units1,318
Renter share98.0%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate46.0%
Median income$34,836

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 21 tracts In Mahatma Gandhi District
Elevated
Within parent city
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#29 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#186 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 29.7146, -95.4869 · 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
46.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$880 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 4214023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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)

  • 383Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 7.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.9%Peak (2014)
  • 31Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201421402
Filings dropped 21% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 335Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.97×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below 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

Adults with no health insurance runs 52.7% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 46%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

This is renter territory: 98% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. At $880 a month, rents run 35% under what the rest of Houston commands. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 50.1% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Harris County average of 49.5%. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Court records carry 383 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 5.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.7% of renter households face a filing.

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 48201421402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201421402?

Census tract 48201421402 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 48201421402?

Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201421402?

46.0% of residents in tract 48201421402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,864.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201421402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 69th, minority 97th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 48201421402 considered part of Mahatma Gandhi District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201421402 fall within Mahatma Gandhi District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201421402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 383 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201421402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.71% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201421402 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.97× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201421402 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201421402 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

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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