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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48201231200 · Harris, TX · pop 6,230 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Houston

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201231200 in Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,230. The severe-burden share is 43%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 18% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units2,481
Renter share52.1%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate40.0%
Median income$35,199

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#43 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#80 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8751, -95.2474 · click any tract to drill in

Why Houston scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
40.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,291 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.
Houston risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 2312003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 985Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 12.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.0%Peak (2014)
  • 145Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201231200
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 798Total filings 2020-21
  • 10.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 11.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.90×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 49.5% across Harris County. Set annual rent against average income of $35,199 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 28.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.1% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 985 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 16.0% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 12.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201231200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201231200?

Census tract 48201231200 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 48201231200?

Median gross rent is $1,291/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201231200?

40.0% of residents in tract 48201231200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,230.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201231200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 100th, minority 92th, housing 70th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201231200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 985 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201231200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.82% of renter households, peaking at 16.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201231200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.90× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201231200 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201231200 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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