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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Wayside Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201231300 · Harris, TX · pop 4,891 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 48201231300 sits in the Wayside Village area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 4,891 residents. 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 17% Stable renters 25% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,733
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$48,560

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Wayside Village
Very High
Within parent city
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#218 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#81 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8582, -95.2726 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wayside Village 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
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,239 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Wayside Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wayside Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 2313003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 705Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 16.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.3%Peak (2013)
  • 94Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201231300
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 658Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 9.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.92×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Within Wayside Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wayside Village

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Adults with no health insurance runs 23.5% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 705 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 19.3% of renter households.

At $1,239 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Houston commands. In a typical year about 16.7% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.2/10. 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.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201231300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201231300?

Census tract 48201231300 in the Wayside Village 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 48201231300?

Median gross rent is $1,239/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201231300?

22.5% of residents in tract 48201231300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,891.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201231300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 51th, minority 96th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 48201231300 considered part of Wayside Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201231300 fall within Wayside Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201231300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 705 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201231300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.70% of renter households, peaking at 19.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201231300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.92× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48201231300 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201231300 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

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Top eight tracts in Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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