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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Tanglewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201431505 · Harris, TX · pop 1,316 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 48201431505 covers part of the Tanglewood area of Houston, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 45%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 15% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units906
Renter share39.1%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$113,627

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 8 tracts In Tanglewood
Elevated
Within parent city
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#896 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very Low
Within county
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#903 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7546, -95.4843 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tanglewood scores 3

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
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,360 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Tanglewood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tanglewood risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 4315053.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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)

  • 40Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 5.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Tanglewood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tanglewood

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Harris County average of 49.5%. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.7/10. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $113,627, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,360, close to the Houston average. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201431505

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201431505?

Census tract 48201431505 in the Tanglewood neighborhood scores 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 48201431505?

Median gross rent is $1,360/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201431505?

10.2% of residents in tract 48201431505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,316.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201431505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 22th, minority 42th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 48201431505 considered part of Tanglewood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201431505 fall within Tanglewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201431505 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 5.00× 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.
Q7

How does tract 48201431505 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201431505 scores 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.
Sibling tracts

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

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