Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Village of Oak Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201531300 · Harris, TX · pop 5,233 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 48201531300 covers part of the Village of Oak Forest area of Houston, TX, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,233. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units2,209
Renter share75.6%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$59,738
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8232, -95.4630 · click any tract to drill in
Why Village of Oak Forest 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
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,248 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Village of Oak Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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)
- 564Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2010)
- 65Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 838Total filings 2020-21
- 10.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.83×Ratio to 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
Within Village of Oak Forest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Village of Oak Forest
Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.0% against 11.3% nationally.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
The filing record is not thin: 564 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2010, when 6.6% of renter households were served.
At $1,248 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Houston commands. In a typical year about 4.9% 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 48201531300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201531300?
Census tract 48201531300 in the Village of Oak Forest neighborhood 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 48201531300?
Median gross rent is $1,248/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201531300?
24.0% of residents in tract 48201531300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,233.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201531300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 17th, minority 80th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 48201531300 considered part of Village of Oak Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201531300 fall within Village of Oak Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201531300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 564 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201531300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.88% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201531300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.83× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201531300 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201531300 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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