Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #76,524 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201240903 · Harris, TX · pop 7,185 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Houston
How risky is Houston for landlords? Census tract 48201240903 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 48% of US census tracts.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,089 a month against an average household income of $86,797 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,011
Renter share11.4%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$86,797
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 30.0273, -95.3003 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston scores 2.1
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
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$2,089 rent vs county FMR
8.7
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: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)
- 284Total filings 2020-21
- 3.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.03×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 moves this score most is supply constraint at 8.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, 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 above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.03x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201240903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201240903?
Census tract 48201240903 in Houston scores 2.1/10 (Lower 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 48201240903?
Median gross rent is $2,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201240903?
10.3% of residents in tract 48201240903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,185.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201240903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 49th, minority 87th, housing 19th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201240903 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.03× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48201240903 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201240903 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Houston at 2.7/10. 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
Highest-risk tracts in Houston
Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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48201220900
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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