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

Spring Branch East Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201520501 · Harris, TX · pop 3,609 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 48201520501 sits in the Spring Branch East area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 3,609 residents. about three-quarters of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Harris County average of 49.5%.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 10% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,240
Renter share34.6%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate27.2%
Median income$43,578

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Spring Branch East
Moderate
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#266 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#269 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
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 29.8149, -95.4713 · click any tract to drill in

Why Spring Branch East 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
27.2% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,600 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 Spring Branch East compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Spring Branch East risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 5205013.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 73Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.56×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Spring Branch East. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Spring Branch East

Adults with no health insurance runs 41.1% against 11.3% nationally. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $43,578, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, 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. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

Average gross rent is $1,600, 18% above the Houston average. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201520501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201520501?

Census tract 48201520501 in the Spring Branch East 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 48201520501?

Median gross rent is $1,600/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201520501?

27.2% of residents in tract 48201520501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,609.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201520501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 46th, minority 87th, housing 85th.
Q5

Is tract 48201520501 considered part of Spring Branch East?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201520501 fall within Spring Branch East (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201520501 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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.
Q7

How does tract 48201520501 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201520501 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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