Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Memorial Parkway Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201454802 · Harris, TX · pop 4,697 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 48201454802 covers part of the Memorial Parkway area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. 50% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,807
Renter share23.6%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$90,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7637, -95.7442 · click any tract to drill in
Why Memorial Parkway scores 3
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
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,413 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Memorial Parkway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 170Total filings 2020-21
- 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.22×Ratio to 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 Memorial Parkway. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Memorial Parkway
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.3/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Harris County average of 49.5%. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Average gross rent is $1,413, close to the Houston average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201454802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201454802?
Census tract 48201454802 in the Memorial Parkway neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48201454802?
Median gross rent is $1,413/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201454802?
5.1% of residents in tract 48201454802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,697.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201454802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 63th, minority 58th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 48201454802 considered part of Memorial Parkway?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201454802 fall within Memorial Parkway (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201454802 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.22× 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 48201454802 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201454802 scores 3/10, 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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