Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Waller Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201556000 · Harris, TX · pop 11,421 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Waller
The Moderate-tier score of 5.4/10 for census tract 48201556000 reflects conditions in Waller, Texas. That is riskier than roughly 52% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,533 a month while the average household earns $99,269 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units4,329
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$99,269
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waller and the region
Centroid at 30.0772, -95.8554 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waller scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waller
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,533 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waller
2.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waller
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waller
5.5
How Waller compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 74%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)
- 338Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.0%Peak (2010)
- 29Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 53% over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 491Total filings 2020-21
- 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.03×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 Waller
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Waller, 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 2.03x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201556000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201556000?
Census tract 48201556000 in Waller scores 3.5/10 (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 48201556000?
Median gross rent is $1,533/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201556000?
10.8% of residents in tract 48201556000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 11,421.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201556000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 71th, minority 74th, housing 92th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201556000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 338 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201556000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.48% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48201556000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.03× 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 48201556000 compare to Waller overall?
Tract 48201556000 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Waller at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waller; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Waller
Top eight tracts in Waller ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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