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Royal Crest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201533000 · Harris, TX · pop 2,450 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

48201533000 is a census tract in the Royal Crest area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,450 residents. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 28% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units996
Renter share76.2%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate35.9%
Median income$31,892

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
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#215 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#300 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
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 29.8895, -95.4617 · click any tract to drill in

Why Royal Crest 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
35.9% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$1,117 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 / state5.1This tracttract 5330003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg 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)

  • 415Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 10.02%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.0%Peak (2014)
  • 106Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201533000
Filings climbed 563% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 539Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.17×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. 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

Set annual rent against average income of $31,892 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Harris County average of 49.5%.

Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9/10. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Adults with no health insurance runs 27.5% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 45.5% against 31.5% nationally.

It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. At $1,117 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Houston commands. Court records carry 415 eviction filings across 7 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 15.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 10.0% of renter households face a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201533000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201533000?

Census tract 48201533000 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 48201533000?

Median gross rent is $1,117/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201533000?

35.9% of residents in tract 48201533000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,450.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201533000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 68th, minority 98th, housing 64th.
Q5

Is tract 48201533000 considered part of Royal Crest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201533000 fall within Royal Crest (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201533000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 415 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201533000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.02% of renter households, peaking at 15.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201533000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201533000 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201533000 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.
Sibling tracts

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