Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Marks Glen Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201552200 · Harris, TX · pop 8,189 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 3.1/10, tract 48201552200 in the Marks Glen area of Houston, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 8,189. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units3,049
Renter share50.8%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$85,055
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9524, -95.6385 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marks Glen scores 3.1
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
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,568 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 Marks Glen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 362Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2015)
- 75Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 63% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 711Total filings 2020-21
- 9.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.18×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marks Glen
38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Harris County average of 49.5%. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
It sits 0.9 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Court records carry 362 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Average gross rent is $1,568, 15% above the Houston average. Filings peaked in 2015 at 6.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 8.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201552200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201552200?
Census tract 48201552200 in the Marks Glen neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 48201552200?
Median gross rent is $1,568/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201552200?
11.4% of residents in tract 48201552200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,189.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201552200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 82th, minority 78th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 48201552200 considered part of Marks Glen?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201552200 fall within Marks Glen (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201552200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 362 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201552200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.03% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201552200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.18× 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 48201552200 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201552200 scores 3.1/10, 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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