Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Branch North Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston
Tract 48201521900 · Harris, TX · pop 6,645 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
48201521900 is a census tract in the Spring Branch North area of Houston, TX. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,645. Against Harris County at 49.5%, roughly two in three of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,436
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$83,783
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8211, -95.5534 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring Branch North scores 3.3
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
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,635 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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 North compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 290Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2011)
- 33Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 43% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 404Total filings 2020-21
- 5.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.95×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. 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 North. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spring Branch North
Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. At $1,635 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Houston commands.
Court records carry 290 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 9.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $83,783. 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 48201521900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201521900?
Census tract 48201521900 in the Spring Branch North neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 48201521900?
Median gross rent is $1,635/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201521900?
12.1% of residents in tract 48201521900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,645.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201521900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 84th, minority 72th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 48201521900 considered part of Spring Branch North?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201521900 fall within Spring Branch North (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201521900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 290 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201521900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.66% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201521900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.95× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201521900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201521900 scores 3.3/10, lower 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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