Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,699 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201550308 · Harris, TX · pop 3,316 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Houston
Census tract 48201550308 covers Houston, home to 3,316 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 71% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,113 a month while the average household earns $32,356 a year, roughly 41% of income at the averages. About 100% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 71%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,362
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate42.2%
Median income$32,356
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.9894, -95.4284 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston scores 3.8
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
42.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,113 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 1,216Total filings 2020-21
- 15.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 17.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.93×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
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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 above 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.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.93x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201550308
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201550308?
Census tract 48201550308 in Houston scores 3.8/10 (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 48201550308?
Median gross rent is $1,113/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201550308?
42.2% of residents in tract 48201550308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,316.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201550308?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 91th, minority 90th, housing 60th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201550308 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.93× 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 48201550308 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201550308 scores 3.8/10, higher 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.
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