Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Westpark Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201451903 · Harris, TX · pop 3,299 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 48201451903 sits in the Westpark Village area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. This is renter territory: 97% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 60%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units1,790
Renter share97.4%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate32.3%
Median income$33,163
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.7166, -95.6096 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westpark 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
32.3% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,065 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Westpark Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,604Total filings 2020-21
- 20.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 41.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.51×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
Within Westpark Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westpark Village
Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Against Harris County at 49.5%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $33,163 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
At $1,065 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Houston commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 23.1% against 11.3% nationally.
It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201451903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201451903?
Census tract 48201451903 in the Westpark 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 48201451903?
Median gross rent is $1,065/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201451903?
32.3% of residents in tract 48201451903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,299.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201451903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 6th, minority 90th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 48201451903 considered part of Westpark Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201451903 fall within Westpark Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201451903 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.51× 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 48201451903 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201451903 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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