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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Wilchester Eviction Risk: Lower , Houston

Tract 48201450200 · Harris, TX · pop 5,864 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 48201450200 sits in the Wilchester area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 24% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,122
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$162,115

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wilchester
Moderate
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#771 of 952 tracts In Houston
Very Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#914 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7793, -95.5796 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilchester scores 3

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
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,763 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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 Wilchester compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wilchester risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 4502003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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)

  • 112Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 13.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 32.8%Peak (2009)
  • 1Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201450200
Filings dropped 100% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 201Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 44.67×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilchester

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. At $1,763 a month, rents run 30% over what the rest of Houston commands.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Disability prevalence runs 19.1% against 31.5% nationally.

Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. The voucher gap is 15.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Cost burden runs 45% here against 49.5% across Harris County.

The filing record is not thin: 112 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2009, when 32.8% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 13.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $162,115, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48201450200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201450200?

Census tract 48201450200 in the Wilchester neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 48201450200?

Median gross rent is $1,763/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201450200?

2.3% of residents in tract 48201450200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,864.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201450200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 32th, minority 54th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 48201450200 considered part of Wilchester?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201450200 fall within Wilchester (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201450200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 112 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 48201450200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.05% of renter households, peaking at 32.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48201450200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 44.67× 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.
Q8

How does tract 48201450200 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201450200 scores 3/10, lower 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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