Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201221900 · Harris, TX · pop 5,231 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Houston
Census tract 48201221900 covers part of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,231 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 50.4% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,182
Renter share28.4%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate37.6%
Median income$59,122
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 29.8819, -95.3491 · 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
37.6% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$1,131 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Houston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 84Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2013)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 56% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 87Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.05×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
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.4/10. The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 47.9% against 31.5% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
Average gross rent is $1,131, 17% below the Houston average. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Court records carry 84 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 4.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201221900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201221900?
Census tract 48201221900 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 48201221900?
Median gross rent is $1,131/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201221900?
37.6% of residents in tract 48201221900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,231.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201221900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 78th, minority 96th, housing 44th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201221900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 84 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201221900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.16% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201221900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.05× 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 48201221900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201221900 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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