Within neighborhood
70
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Westwood South Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201433601 · Harris, TX · pop 2,556 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 48201433601 sits in the Westwood South area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 2,556. Adults with no health insurance runs 42.0% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,011
Renter share84.1%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate31.4%
Median income$44,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6672, -95.5557 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westwood South 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
31.4% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,080 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Westwood South compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 96%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)
- 485Total filings 2020-21
- 6.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.38×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 Westwood South. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westwood South
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
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. Disability prevalence runs 43.8% against 31.5% nationally.
At $1,080 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Houston commands. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Harris County average of 49.5%.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201433601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201433601?
Census tract 48201433601 in the Westwood South 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 48201433601?
Median gross rent is $1,080/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201433601?
31.4% of residents in tract 48201433601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,556.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201433601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 41th, minority 96th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 48201433601 considered part of Westwood South?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201433601 fall within Westwood South (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201433601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.38× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48201433601 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201433601 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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