Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201220400 · Harris, TX · pop 4,895
48201220400 is a census tract in Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,895 residents. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,488
Renter share47.9%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate41.9%
Median income$50,086
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8316, -95.3663 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston 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
41.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,106 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Houston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 162Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.1%Peak (2014)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 167Total filings 2020-21
- 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.04×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houston
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 48.4% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 42%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 49.0% against 31.5% nationally.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,106, 19% below the Houston average. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 162 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2014 at 6.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.2% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201220400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201220400?
Census tract 48201220400 in Houston 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 48201220400?
Median gross rent is $1,106/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201220400?
41.9% of residents in tract 48201220400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,895.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201220400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 63th, minority 96th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201220400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 162 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201220400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.16% of renter households, peaking at 6.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201220400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.04× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201220400 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201220400 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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