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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Memorial Thicket Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201450402 · Harris, TX · pop 2,040 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

48201450402 is a census tract in the Memorial Thicket area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,040. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 16% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 52% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,166
Renter share62.3%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$115,074

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Memorial Thicket
Moderate
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#681 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#916 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7820, -95.6142 · click any tract to drill in

Why Memorial Thicket scores 3

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
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,459 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Thicket compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Memorial Thicket risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 4504023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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)

  • 303Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.13×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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Memorial Thicket

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.3/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 2.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $115,074, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing 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 $1,459, close to the Houston average. 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201450402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201450402?

Census tract 48201450402 in the Memorial Thicket 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 48201450402?

Median gross rent is $1,459/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201450402?

5.2% of residents in tract 48201450402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,040.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201450402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 13th, minority 65th, housing 26th.
Q5

Is tract 48201450402 considered part of Memorial Thicket?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201450402 fall within Memorial Thicket (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201450402 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.13× 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 48201450402 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201450402 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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