Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tomball Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201555501 · Harris, TX · pop 6,109 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Tomball
Tract 48201555501 sits in Tomball, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 6,109 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,058
Renter share13.6%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$109,758
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tomball and the region
Centroid at 30.0745, -95.6558 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tomball scores 3
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
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,403 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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)
- 57Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2010)
- 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 22% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 308Total filings 2020-21
- 4.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.60×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.3/10.
The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 1.0 points below the Harris County average of 4.0.
55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Harris County average of 49.5%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 57 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,403, 14% above the Tomball average. The worst year on record was 2010, when 2.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201555501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201555501?
Census tract 48201555501 in Tomball 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 48201555501?
Median gross rent is $1,403/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201555501?
5.1% of residents in tract 48201555501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,109.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201555501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 76th, minority 59th, housing 28th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201555501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201555501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.76% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201555501 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.60× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48201555501 compare to Tomball overall?
Tract 48201555501 scores 3/10, 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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