Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201540504 · Harris, TX · pop 3,240 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Houston
48201540504 is a census tract in Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,240. 31% 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 39%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,147
Renter share76.0%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate28.9%
Median income$54,947
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8465, -95.6431 · 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
28.9% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,168 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 244Total filings 2020-21
- 3.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.81×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
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Adults with no health insurance runs 26.1% against 11.3% nationally. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Average gross rent is $1,168, 14% below the Houston average.
Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, 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. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201540504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201540504?
Census tract 48201540504 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 48201540504?
Median gross rent is $1,168/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201540504?
28.9% of residents in tract 48201540504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,240.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201540504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 68th, minority 87th, housing 39th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201540504 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.81× 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 48201540504 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201540504 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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