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

Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48201541603 · Harris, TX · pop 7,808 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Houston

Tract 48201541603 sits in Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. 34% 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 14% Stable renters 13% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,140
Renter share27.1%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate26.0%
Median income$63,548

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#195 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#311 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Elevated
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 29.8430, -95.6545 · 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
26.0% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,212 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 5416033.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 198Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.80×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

Adults with no health insurance runs 33.2% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

At $1,212 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Houston commands. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. 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. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 51% of renters.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $63,548. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201541603

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201541603?

Census tract 48201541603 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 48201541603?

Median gross rent is $1,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201541603?

26.0% of residents in tract 48201541603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,808.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201541603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 90th, minority 88th, housing 36th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48201541603 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× 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 48201541603 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201541603 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

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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