Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Tomball Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201555403 · Harris, TX · pop 5,192
48201555403 is a census tract in Tomball, TX. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,192 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,912
Renter share49.1%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$81,653
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tomball and the region
Centroid at 30.1120, -95.6322 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tomball scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tomball
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,217 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tomball
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tomball
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tomball
6.7
How Tomball compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 323Total filings 2020-21
- 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.4Pre-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 Tomball
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1/10. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
It sits 0.9 points below the Harris County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $81,653, annual rent is just 18%.
Average gross rent is $1,217, close to the Tomball average. 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201555403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201555403?
Census tract 48201555403 in Tomball scores 3.1/10 (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 48201555403?
Median gross rent is $1,217/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201555403?
7.2% of residents in tract 48201555403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,192.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201555403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 68th, minority 43th, housing 39th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48201555403 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 48201555403 compare to Tomball overall?
Tract 48201555403 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Tomball at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tomball; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tomball
Top eight tracts in Tomball ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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