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Westwood South Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201433507 · Harris, TX · pop 2,941 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Here is how census tract 48201433507, in the Westwood South neighborhood of Houston eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.8/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 2,941. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $839 a month while the average household earns $35,020 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 98% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 62% Stable renters 36% Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units1,195
Renter share97.9%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate37.9%
Median income$35,020

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 11 tracts In Westwood South
Very High
Within parent city
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileBottomTop
#28 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileBottomTop
#84 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileBottomTop
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.6793, -95.5572 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwood South scores 3.8

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
37.9% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$839 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Westwood South compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westwood South risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.83.8This tracttract 433507Houston: 2.72.7Houstonparent cityCounty: 2.82.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 2.62.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

  • 615Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.15×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 18 filings (2.48× baseline)2020-02-01: 6 filings (1.60× baseline)2020-03-01: 5 filings (0.61× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 4 filings (0.55× baseline)2020-10-01: 1 filings (0.11× baseline)2020-11-01: 9 filings (1.57× baseline)2020-12-01: 3 filings (0.55× baseline)2021-01-01: 9 filings (1.24× baseline)2021-02-01: 3 filings (0.80× baseline)2021-03-01: 3 filings (0.36× baseline)2021-04-01: 7 filings (1.56× baseline)2021-05-01: 7 filings (0.85× baseline)2021-06-01: 1 filings (0.14× baseline)2021-07-01: 6 filings (0.73× baseline)2021-08-01: 1 filings (0.07× baseline)2021-09-01: 4 filings (0.55× baseline)2021-10-01: 7 filings (0.80× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 12 filings (2.18× baseline)2022-01-01: 7 filings (0.97× baseline)2022-02-01: 7 filings (1.87× baseline)2022-03-01: 10 filings (1.21× baseline)2022-04-01: 9 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 32 filings (3.88× baseline)2022-06-01: 14 filings (1.93× baseline)2022-07-01: 6 filings (0.73× baseline)2022-08-01: 18 filings (1.26× baseline)2022-09-01: 14 filings (1.93× baseline)2022-10-01: 14 filings (1.60× baseline)2022-11-01: 8 filings (1.39× baseline)2022-12-01: 10 filings (1.82× baseline)2023-01-01: 6 filings (0.83× baseline)2023-02-01: 3 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-03-01: 10 filings (1.21× baseline)2023-04-01: 6 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-05-01: 18 filings (2.18× baseline)2023-06-01: 8 filings (1.10× baseline)2023-07-01: 8 filings (0.97× baseline)2023-08-01: 10 filings (0.70× baseline)2023-09-01: 6 filings (0.83× baseline)2023-10-01: 14 filings (1.60× baseline)2023-11-01: 7 filings (1.22× baseline)2023-12-01: 6 filings (1.09× baseline)2024-01-01: 13 filings (1.79× baseline)2024-02-01: 7 filings (1.87× baseline)2024-03-01: 14 filings (1.70× baseline)2024-04-01: 4 filings (0.89× baseline)2024-05-01: 7 filings (0.85× baseline)2024-06-01: 8 filings (1.10× baseline)2024-07-01: 11 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-08-01: 13 filings (0.91× baseline)2024-09-01: 11 filings (1.52× baseline)2024-10-01: 3 filings (0.34× baseline)2024-11-01: 15 filings (2.61× baseline)2024-12-01: 16 filings (2.91× baseline)2025-01-01: 11 filings (1.52× baseline)2025-02-01: 12 filings (3.20× baseline)2025-03-01: 10 filings (1.21× baseline)2025-04-01: 16 filings (3.56× baseline)2025-05-01: 9 filings (1.09× baseline)2025-06-01: 12 filings (1.66× baseline)2025-07-01: 2 filings (0.24× baseline)2025-08-01: 12 filings (0.84× baseline)2025-09-01: 3 filings (0.41× baseline)2025-10-01: 1 filings (0.11× baseline)2025-11-01: 5 filings (0.87× baseline)2025-12-01: 3 filings (0.55× baseline)2026-01-01: 15 filings (150.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 14 filings (140.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westwood South. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westwood South

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Houston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Harris County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.15x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 100th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201433507

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201433507?

Census tract 48201433507 in the Westwood South neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 48201433507?

Median gross rent is $839/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201433507?

37.9% of residents in tract 48201433507 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,941.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201433507?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 98th, minority 91th, housing 92th.

Q5

Is tract 48201433507 considered part of Westwood South?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201433507 fall within Westwood South (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201433507 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.15× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.

Q7

How does tract 48201433507 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201433507 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 2.7/10. 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

Highest-risk tracts in Houston

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

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