Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201220800 · Harris, TX · pop 3,897
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201220800 in Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,897. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,164
Renter share77.9%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate45.5%
Median income$34,512
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 29.8308, -95.3387 · 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
45.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,047 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 405Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.3%Peak (2014)
- 81Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 80% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 448Total filings 2020-21
- 5.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.07×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
Adults with no health insurance runs 39.2% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 46%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $34,512 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Disability prevalence runs 46.9% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
At $1,047 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Houston commands. 42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Harris County average of 49.5%.
It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 405 filings here across 7 tracked years.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201220800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201220800?
Census tract 48201220800 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 48201220800?
Median gross rent is $1,047/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201220800?
45.5% of residents in tract 48201220800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,897.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201220800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 94th, minority 96th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201220800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 405 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201220800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.13% of renter households, peaking at 15.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201220800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.07× 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 48201220800 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201220800 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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