Within parent city
90
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201222900 · Harris, TX · pop 8,047 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Houston
Tract 48201222900 sits in Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 8,047. Adults with no health insurance runs 40.6% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,046
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate31.0%
Median income$53,672
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
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 29.9143, -95.3450 · 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
31.0% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,278 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 163Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2014)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 167Total filings 2020-21
- 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.16×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 clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.
Court records carry 163 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2014 at 5.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201222900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201222900?
Census tract 48201222900 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 48201222900?
Median gross rent is $1,278/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201222900?
31.0% of residents in tract 48201222900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,047.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201222900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 90th, minority 95th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201222900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201222900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.37% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201222900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.16× 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 48201222900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201222900 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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