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

Melrose Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201221800 · Harris, TX · pop 4,597 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

48201221800 is a census tract in the Melrose Park area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,597 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 20% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,204
Renter share41.8%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate32.5%
Median income$50,945

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Melrose Park
Very Low
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#270 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#59 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very 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 29.8825, -95.3611 · click any tract to drill in

Why Melrose Park 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
32.5% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,043 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Melrose Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Melrose Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 2218003.7Houstonparent 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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 154Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 5.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.5%Peak (2010)
  • 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201221800
Filings dropped 71% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 113Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.50×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 Melrose Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Melrose Park

Adults with no health insurance runs 46.8% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

At $1,043 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Houston commands. Disability prevalence runs 43.9% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 154 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 11.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10.

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 48201221800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201221800?

Census tract 48201221800 in the Melrose Park 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 48201221800?

Median gross rent is $1,043/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201221800?

32.5% of residents in tract 48201221800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,597.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201221800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 87th, minority 92th, housing 73th.
Q5

Is tract 48201221800 considered part of Melrose Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201221800 fall within Melrose Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201221800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201221800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.91% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201221800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.50× 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 48201221800 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201221800 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

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