Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 48201223002 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201223002 · Harris, TX · pop 2,902
Harris anchors census tract 48201223002, which lands at 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 76% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,168 a month while the average household earns $40,150 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,065
Renter share56.1%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$40,150
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harris and the region
Centroid at 29.9068, -95.3277 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 48201223002 scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
1.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,168 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 48201223002 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 79Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2011)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 158Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.85×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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 Tract 48201223002
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Texas eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harris County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 2.85x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201223002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201223002?
Census tract 48201223002 in Harris scores 4.1/10 (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 48201223002?
Median gross rent is $1,168/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201223002?
11.9% of residents in tract 48201223002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,902.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201223002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 94th, minority 97th, housing 63th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201223002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 79 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201223002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.74% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201223002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.85× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
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