Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Riverside Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201312601 · Harris, TX · pop 3,698 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 48201312601 covers part of the Riverside Terrace area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,698. Average gross rent is $2,055, 51% above the Houston average.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units2,099
Renter share87.3%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate29.2%
Median income$82,060
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7218, -95.3846 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverside Terrace scores 5.1
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
29.2% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$2,055 rent vs county FMR
8.4
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 Riverside Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 68%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 149Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.97×Ratio to 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 Riverside Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverside Terrace
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The voucher gap is 34.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
87% 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. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. 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. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.7/10.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201312601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201312601?
Census tract 48201312601 in the Riverside Terrace 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 48201312601?
Median gross rent is $2,055/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201312601?
29.2% of residents in tract 48201312601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,698.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201312601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 2th, minority 72th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 48201312601 considered part of Riverside Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201312601 fall within Riverside Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201312601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.97× 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 48201312601 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201312601 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.
Q8
Was tract 48201312601 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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