Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201550603 · Harris, TX · pop 5,475 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Houston
48201550603 is a census tract in Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,475. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,526
Renter share43.9%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate26.9%
Median income$62,244
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
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 29.9579, -95.4713 · 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
26.9% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,129 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 375Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2014)
- 51Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 108Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.33×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 36.1% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. At $1,129 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Houston commands.
The filing record is not thin: 375 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 9.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201550603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201550603?
Census tract 48201550603 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 48201550603?
Median gross rent is $1,129/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201550603?
26.9% of residents in tract 48201550603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,475.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201550603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 77th, minority 97th, housing 92th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201550603?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 375 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201550603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.48% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201550603 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.33× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48201550603 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201550603 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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