Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Waller Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48201556000 · Harris, TX · pop 11,421 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Waller
Census tract 48201556000 covers part of Waller, TX, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. At $1,533 a month, rents run 50% over what the rest of Waller commands.
Risk score
3
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
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
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
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 dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Against Harris County at 49.5%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Adults with no health insurance runs 20.0% against 11.3% nationally. Court records carry 338 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 13.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.5% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201556000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201556000?
Census tract 48201556000 in Waller 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 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 3/10, lower than the parent city of Waller at 4/10. 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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