Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201221502 · Harris, TX · pop 3,321
Census tract 48201221502 covers part of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,321 residents. 47% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units992
Renter share85.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate35.2%
Median income$32,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
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 29.8672, -95.4022 · 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
35.2% poverty · this tract
8.8
Supply constraint
$1,187 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 317Total filings 2020-21
- 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houston
Adults with no health insurance runs 42.5% against 11.3% nationally. 66% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Set annual rent against average income of $32,625 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 85% 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.
The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, economic stress reads 8.8/10.
Disability prevalence runs 47.2% against 31.5% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Average gross rent is $1,187, 13% below the Houston average.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201221502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201221502?
Census tract 48201221502 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 48201221502?
Median gross rent is $1,187/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201221502?
35.2% of residents in tract 48201221502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,321.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201221502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 46th, minority 100th, housing 58th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201221502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48201221502 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201221502 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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