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Royal Crest Eviction Risk: Elevated , Houston

Tract 48201532900 · Harris, TX · pop 4,722 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 48201532900 covers the Royal Crest neighborhood of Houston in Texas. Home to 4,722 residents, it scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 59% of US census tracts.

About 82% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,153 a month while the average household earns $45,880 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 9% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,578
Renter share47.3%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate27.7%
Median income$45,880

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Royal Crest
Very Low
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#173 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#189 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
High
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#652 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8926, -95.4732 · click any tract to drill in

Why Royal Crest scores 6

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
27.7% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,153 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Royal Crest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Royal Crest risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 532900Houston: 2.82.8Houstonparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 527Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 16.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 23.4%Peak (2014)
  • 95Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 482015329002009: 54 filings (11.03/100 renter HHs)2010: 53 filings (12.71/100 renter HHs)2011: 74 filings (16.05/100 renter HHs)2012: 77 filings (16.70/100 renter HHs)2013: 66 filings (14.32/100 renter HHs)2014: 108 filings (23.43/100 renter HHs)2015: 95 filings (20.61/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 76% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 225Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.43×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 6 filings (0.62× baseline)2020-02-01: 2 filings (0.44× baseline)2020-03-01: 1 filings (0.20× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 2 filings (0.30× baseline)2020-06-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2020-07-01: 3 filings (0.40× baseline)2020-08-01: 1 filings (0.10× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 2 filings (0.20× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 2 filings (0.30× baseline)2021-01-01: 1 filings (0.10× baseline)2021-02-01: 3 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-03-01: 1 filings (0.20× baseline)2021-04-01: 4 filings (0.89× baseline)2021-05-01: 6 filings (0.89× baseline)2021-06-01: 3 filings (0.39× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2021-08-01: 3 filings (0.29× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (0.15× baseline)2022-01-01: 5 filings (0.51× baseline)2022-02-01: 3 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-03-01: 5 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 4 filings (0.89× baseline)2022-05-01: 4 filings (0.59× baseline)2022-06-01: 5 filings (0.65× baseline)2022-07-01: 6 filings (0.80× baseline)2022-08-01: 4 filings (0.38× baseline)2022-09-01: 8 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 2 filings (0.20× baseline)2022-11-01: 2 filings (0.38× baseline)2022-12-01: 3 filings (0.44× baseline)2023-01-01: 1 filings (0.10× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (0.22× baseline)2023-03-01: 3 filings (0.60× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 6 filings (0.89× baseline)2023-06-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2023-07-01: 2 filings (0.27× baseline)2023-08-01: 3 filings (0.29× baseline)2023-09-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2023-10-01: 3 filings (0.29× baseline)2023-11-01: 3 filings (0.57× baseline)2023-12-01: 4 filings (0.59× baseline)2024-01-01: 4 filings (0.41× baseline)2024-02-01: 3 filings (0.67× baseline)2024-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 1 filings (0.22× baseline)2024-05-01: 4 filings (0.59× baseline)2024-06-01: 4 filings (0.52× baseline)2024-07-01: 2 filings (0.27× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (0.10× baseline)2024-09-01: 5 filings (0.63× baseline)2024-10-01: 4 filings (0.39× baseline)2024-11-01: 2 filings (0.38× baseline)2024-12-01: 6 filings (0.89× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (0.10× baseline)2025-02-01: 5 filings (1.11× baseline)2025-03-01: 4 filings (0.80× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (0.22× baseline)2025-05-01: 2 filings (0.30× baseline)2025-06-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2025-07-01: 3 filings (0.40× baseline)2025-08-01: 3 filings (0.29× baseline)2025-09-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2025-10-01: 3 filings (0.29× baseline)2025-11-01: 2 filings (0.38× baseline)2025-12-01: 6 filings (0.89× baseline)2026-01-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Royal Crest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Royal Crest

What moves this score most is economic stress at 6.9/10. 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 inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 93rd 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 0.43x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201532900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201532900?

Census tract 48201532900 in the Royal Crest neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 48201532900?

Median gross rent is $1,153/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201532900?

27.7% of residents in tract 48201532900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,722.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201532900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 98th, minority 95th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 48201532900 considered part of Royal Crest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201532900 fall within Royal Crest (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201532900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 527 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201532900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.41% of renter households, peaking at 23.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201532900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.43× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201532900 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201532900 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.8/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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