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

Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48201550405 · Harris, TX · pop 8,482 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Houston

Tract 48201550405 sits in Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 8,482 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 34% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units2,472
Renter share63.7%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate29.1%
Median income$49,585

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#231 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#321 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 29.9919, -95.4698 · 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
29.1% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,336 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 5504053.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

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)

  • 1,626Total filings 2020-21
  • 21.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 11.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.77×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above 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

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Set annual rent against average income of $49,585 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Adults with no health insurance runs 26.3% against 11.3% nationally. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 10/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for about half of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,336, 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 48201550405

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201550405?

Census tract 48201550405 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 48201550405?

Median gross rent is $1,336/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201550405?

29.1% of residents in tract 48201550405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,482.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201550405?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 91th, minority 94th, housing 99th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48201550405 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.77× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6

How does tract 48201550405 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201550405 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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