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

Porter Ranch Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201542902 · Harris, TX · pop 28,999 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

48201542902 is a census tract in the Porter Ranch area of Houston, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 28,999. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 10% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units9,986
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$126,327

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Porter Ranch
Moderate
Within parent city
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#684 of 952 tracts In Houston
Low
Within county
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#1,023 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 29.8387, -95.8000 · click any tract to drill in

Why Porter Ranch 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
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,760 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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 Porter Ranch compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Porter Ranch risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 5429023.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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)

  • 1,645Total filings 2020-21
  • 21.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 6.76×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 Porter Ranch

The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

At $1,760 a month, rents run 29% over what the rest of Houston commands. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.

The voucher gap is 15.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 21% 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $126,327, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201542902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201542902?

Census tract 48201542902 in the Porter Ranch 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 48201542902?

Median gross rent is $1,760/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201542902?

13.1% of residents in tract 48201542902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 28,999.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201542902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 42th, minority 78th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 48201542902 considered part of Porter Ranch?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201542902 fall within Porter Ranch (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201542902 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 6.76× 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 48201542902 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201542902 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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