Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201241502 · Harris, TX · pop 2,098
Census tract 48201241502 covers part of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,098. 51% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 64%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units851
Renter share93.2%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate32.5%
Median income$29,821
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
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 29.9450, -95.2965 · 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
32.5% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,255 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 522Total filings 2020-21
- 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.76×Ratio to 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
Against Harris County at 49.5%, roughly two in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $29,821 and the ratio lands at 51%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 93% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.0% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
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 48201241502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201241502?
Census tract 48201241502 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 48201241502?
Median gross rent is $1,255/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201241502?
32.5% of residents in tract 48201241502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,098.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201241502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 71th, minority 95th, housing 53th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201241502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48201241502 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201241502 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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