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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally

Mount Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48201232100 · Harris, TX · pop 3,918 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 48201232100 covers Mount Houston in Harris in Texas. Home to 3,918 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 48% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,069 a month against an average household income of $42,374 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 30% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,055
Renter share52.0%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$42,374

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Mount Houston
Moderate
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#386 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#1,667 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
National
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#23,554 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Harris and the region

Centroid at 29.9054, -95.3073 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mount Houston scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
1.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,069 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0

How Mount Houston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mount Houston risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.15.1This tracttract 232100County: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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)

  • 510Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 18.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.0%Peak (2013)
  • 47Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 482012321002009: 74 filings (20.85/100 renter HHs)2010: 69 filings (17.16/100 renter HHs)2011: 68 filings (16.50/100 renter HHs)2012: 70 filings (16.99/100 renter HHs)2013: 99 filings (24.03/100 renter HHs)2014: 83 filings (20.15/100 renter HHs)2015: 47 filings (11.41/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 36% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 323Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.70×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 3 filings (0.48× baseline)2020-02-01: 18 filings (5.14× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 1 filings (0.11× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 3 filings (0.67× baseline)2020-11-01: 2 filings (0.35× baseline)2020-12-01: 1 filings (0.17× baseline)2021-01-01: 3 filings (0.48× baseline)2021-02-01: 2 filings (0.57× baseline)2021-03-01: 2 filings (0.44× baseline)2021-04-01: 2 filings (0.19× baseline)2021-05-01: 1 filings (0.19× baseline)2021-06-01: 2 filings (0.26× baseline)2021-07-01: 2 filings (0.33× baseline)2021-08-01: 5 filings (0.54× baseline)2021-09-01: 4 filings (0.57× baseline)2021-10-01: 3 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-11-01: 3 filings (0.52× baseline)2021-12-01: 2 filings (0.33× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (0.16× baseline)2022-02-01: 3 filings (0.86× baseline)2022-03-01: 8 filings (1.78× baseline)2022-04-01: 7 filings (0.65× baseline)2022-05-01: 6 filings (1.14× baseline)2022-06-01: 5 filings (0.65× baseline)2022-07-01: 15 filings (2.50× baseline)2022-08-01: 5 filings (0.54× baseline)2022-09-01: 7 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 4 filings (0.89× baseline)2022-11-01: 6 filings (1.04× baseline)2022-12-01: 4 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-01-01: 9 filings (1.44× baseline)2023-02-01: 8 filings (2.29× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (0.22× baseline)2023-04-01: 11 filings (1.02× baseline)2023-05-01: 5 filings (0.95× baseline)2023-06-01: 15 filings (1.94× baseline)2023-07-01: 4 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-08-01: 3 filings (0.32× baseline)2023-09-01: 3 filings (0.43× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 9 filings (1.57× baseline)2023-12-01: 3 filings (0.50× baseline)2024-01-01: 5 filings (0.80× baseline)2024-02-01: 8 filings (2.29× baseline)2024-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 2 filings (0.19× baseline)2024-05-01: 3 filings (0.57× baseline)2024-06-01: 4 filings (0.52× baseline)2024-07-01: 3 filings (0.50× baseline)2024-08-01: 4 filings (0.43× baseline)2024-09-01: 6 filings (0.86× baseline)2024-10-01: 4 filings (0.89× baseline)2024-11-01: 5 filings (0.87× baseline)2024-12-01: 4 filings (0.67× baseline)2025-01-01: 6 filings (0.96× baseline)2025-02-01: 3 filings (0.86× baseline)2025-03-01: 9 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 3 filings (0.28× baseline)2025-05-01: 10 filings (1.90× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 8 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-08-01: 2 filings (0.22× baseline)2025-09-01: 9 filings (1.29× baseline)2025-10-01: 3 filings (0.67× baseline)2025-11-01: 6 filings (1.04× baseline)2025-12-01: 3 filings (0.50× baseline)2026-01-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mount Houston

What moves this score most is economic stress at 6.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Texas eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.70x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201232100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201232100?

Census tract 48201232100 in the Mount Houston 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 48201232100?

Median gross rent is $1,069/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201232100?

25.7% of residents in tract 48201232100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,918.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201232100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 79th, minority 91th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 48201232100 considered part of Mount Houston?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201232100 fall within Mount Houston (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201232100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 510 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201232100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.16% of renter households, peaking at 24.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201232100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
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