Winchester Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Against Harris County at 49.5%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $58,808 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. At $1,733 a month, rents run 27% over what the rest of Houston commands.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The filing record is not thin: 286 evictions over 7 years of observation. The voucher gap is 13.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2011 at 11.9% of renter households.

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