Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201241002 · Harris, TX · pop 5,439 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Spring
Census tract 48201241002 belongs to Spring, Texas. It is home to 5,439 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 89% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,772 a month while the average household earns $78,694 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,587
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$78,694
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Spring and the region
Centroid at 30.0561, -95.3375 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Spring
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,772 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spring
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spring
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spring
4.6
How Spring compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%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)
- 180Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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 Spring
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 6.6/10. 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 Spring, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.95x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201241002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201241002?
Census tract 48201241002 in Spring scores 2.2/10 (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 48201241002?
Median gross rent is $1,772/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 89% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201241002?
3.1% of residents in tract 48201241002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,439.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201241002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 75th, minority 85th, housing 4th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201241002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48201241002 compare to Spring overall?
Tract 48201241002 scores 2.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Spring at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spring; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Spring
Top eight tracts in Spring ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · TX
48201241202
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48201241104
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48201241103
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48201241101
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48201241001
2.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48201241201
2.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48201241105
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
Southgate Village
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
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