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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Scenic Woods Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201231600 · Harris, TX · pop 3,377 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

48201231600 is a census tract in the Scenic Woods area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Against Harris County at 49.5%, around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 8% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,127
Renter share22.6%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate26.7%
Median income$41,760

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Scenic Woods
Very High
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#103 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#83 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
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 29.8617, -95.3075 · click any tract to drill in

Why Scenic Woods 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
26.7% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,465 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Scenic Woods compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Scenic Woods risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 2316003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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)

  • 173Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 9.95%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.2%Peak (2015)
  • 37Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201231600
Filings climbed 28% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 131Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.85×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Scenic Woods. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Scenic Woods

The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $41,760 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 26.8% against 11.3% nationally.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Disability prevalence runs 44.3% against 31.5% nationally.

It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 173 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 13.2% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 10.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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 48201231600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201231600?

Census tract 48201231600 in the Scenic Woods 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 48201231600?

Median gross rent is $1,465/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201231600?

26.7% of residents in tract 48201231600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,377.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201231600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 99th, minority 99th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 48201231600 considered part of Scenic Woods?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201231600 fall within Scenic Woods (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201231600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 173 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201231600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.95% of renter households, peaking at 13.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201231600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201231600 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201231600 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

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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