Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
South Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48201320800 · Harris, TX · pop 4,804
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 48201320800 in South Houston, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,804. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,649
Renter share46.5%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$41,387
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6598, -95.2410 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Houston scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Houston
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,249 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Houston
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Houston
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Houston
8.3
How South Houston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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)
- 146Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2009)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 158Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.26×Ratio to 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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Houston
Adults with no health insurance runs 41.2% against 11.3% nationally. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10. Set annual rent against average income of $41,387 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.8 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 146 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2009, when 5.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201320800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201320800?
Census tract 48201320800 in South Houston scores 5.8/10 (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 48201320800?
Median gross rent is $1,249/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201320800?
24.6% of residents in tract 48201320800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,804.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201320800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 96th, minority 95th, housing 92th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201320800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 146 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201320800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.82% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201320800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.26× 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 48201320800 compare to South Houston overall?
Tract 48201320800 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of South Houston at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South 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 South Houston
Top eight tracts in South Houston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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