Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Royal Crest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201532900 · Harris, TX · pop 4,722 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 48201532900 covers part of the Royal Crest area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,722. 43% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
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 parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
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 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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%Housing & transportation
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 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
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
Cost burden runs 82% here against 49.5% across Harris County. Adults with no health insurance runs 32.6% against 11.3% nationally.
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 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 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Disability prevalence runs 43.5% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 527 filings here across 7 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,153, 15% below the Houston average.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 23.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 16.4% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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 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 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 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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