Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Wayside Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201231900 · Harris, TX · pop 6,511 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
48201231900 is a census tract in the Wayside Village area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. 54% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,077
Renter share45.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate24.8%
Median income$41,331
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8791, -95.2746 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayside Village 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
24.8% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,329 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 Wayside Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 423Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.2%Peak (2010)
- 62Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 267Total filings 2020-21
- 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.75×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
Within Wayside Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayside Village
85% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Harris County average of 49.5%. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 31.1% against 11.3% nationally.
Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $41,331, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Disability prevalence runs 47.7% against 31.5% nationally. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
The poverty rate is 25%. 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 423 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 14.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.0% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201231900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201231900?
Census tract 48201231900 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 48201231900?
Median gross rent is $1,329/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 85% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201231900?
24.8% of residents in tract 48201231900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,511.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201231900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 91th, minority 99th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 48201231900 considered part of Wayside Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201231900 fall within Wayside Village (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201231900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 423 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201231900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.99% of renter households, peaking at 14.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201231900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× 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 48201231900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201231900 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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