Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Yorkwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201532200 · Harris, TX · pop 3,794 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48201532200 in the Yorkwood area of Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 55%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units1,365
Renter share78.8%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate54.8%
Median income$29,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.8570, -95.4844 · click any tract to drill in
Why Yorkwood 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
54.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,095 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Yorkwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 1,053Total filings over 7 yrs
- 16.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.2%Peak (2013)
- 165Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 34% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 494Total filings 2020-21
- 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.54×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 Yorkwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Yorkwood
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 39.3% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 55%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Set annual rent against average income of $29,375 and the ratio lands at 45%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Harris County average of 49.5%. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.0% against 31.5% nationally.
At $1,095 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Houston commands. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201532200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201532200?
Census tract 48201532200 in the Yorkwood 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 48201532200?
Median gross rent is $1,095/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201532200?
54.8% of residents in tract 48201532200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,794.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201532200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 81th, minority 91th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 48201532200 considered part of Yorkwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201532200 fall within Yorkwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201532200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,053 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201532200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.97% of renter households, peaking at 19.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201532200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.54× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48201532200 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201532200 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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