Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Branch Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201521300 · Harris, TX · pop 6,265 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201521300 in the Spring Branch area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,265 residents. 78% 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 31%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,523
Renter share39.4%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate28.2%
Median income$48,631
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8166, -95.5119 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring Branch 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
28.2% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,279 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 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.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 355Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2013)
- 48Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 254Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.78×Ratio to 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 Spring Branch. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spring Branch
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Adults with no health insurance runs 27.9% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The filing record is not thin: 355 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201521300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201521300?
Census tract 48201521300 in the Spring Branch 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 48201521300?
Median gross rent is $1,279/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201521300?
28.2% of residents in tract 48201521300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,265.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201521300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 50th, minority 86th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 48201521300 considered part of Spring Branch?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201521300 fall within Spring Branch (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201521300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 355 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201521300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.83% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201521300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.78× 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 48201521300 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201521300 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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