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

Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48201550304 · Harris, TX · pop 1,909 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Houston

Census tract 48201550304 covers part of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,909 residents. 100% 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.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 52% Stable renters 48% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units877
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate37.2%
Median income$34,306

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#134 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#318 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 30.0152, -95.4353 · 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
37.2% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$1,383 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 5503043.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 1,049Total filings 2020-21
  • 13.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 12.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.07×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Set annual rent against average income of $34,306 and the ratio lands at 48%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.3/10.

The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.1% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. 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 52% of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,383, close to the Houston average.

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 48201550304

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201550304?

Census tract 48201550304 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 48201550304?

Median gross rent is $1,383/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201550304?

37.2% of residents in tract 48201550304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,909.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201550304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 73th, minority 93th, housing 23th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48201550304 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.07× 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 48201550304 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201550304 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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