Fifth Ward Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.8/10. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Disability prevalence runs 51.1% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

72% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Average gross rent is $984, 28% below the Houston average.

16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Houston. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.