Gulf Palms Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Adults with no health insurance runs 47.3% against 11.3% nationally. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9/10.

74% 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. Set annual rent against average income of $38,256 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Disability prevalence runs 47.7% against 31.5% nationally.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,084, 20% below the Houston average. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

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