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Parkglen West Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201453405 · Harris, TX · pop 3,623 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201453405 in the Parkglen West area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,623 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 45% Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,536
Renter share83.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate25.4%
Median income$46,071

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Parkglen West
Moderate
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#154 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#260 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
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 29.6669, -95.5736 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parkglen West 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
25.4% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,174 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Parkglen West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Parkglen West risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4534053.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 669Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.23×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 Parkglen West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parkglen West

84% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Adults with no health insurance runs 23.4% against 11.3% nationally. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

At $1,174 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Houston commands. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 8.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $46,071.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201453405

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201453405?

Census tract 48201453405 in the Parkglen West 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 48201453405?

Median gross rent is $1,174/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201453405?

25.4% of residents in tract 48201453405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,623.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201453405?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 28th, minority 92th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 48201453405 considered part of Parkglen West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201453405 fall within Parkglen West (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201453405 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.23× 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 48201453405 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201453405 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.
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