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Neighborhood · The Colony, TX

Legend Crest Eviction Risk: Lower

3 census tracts · pop 12,528 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10 · range 3.2–4.3

Legend Crest is a 3-tract neighborhood of The Colony, TX, population 12,528. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.8/10, placing it in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.6/10.

Cost burden runs 18% against 26.7% citywide, putting Legend Crest 8.8% under its own city. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.7/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.9/10. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.2 to 4.3, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.

Court records for this tract carry 213 eviction filings. 11% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 14.8% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 7.2% in 2016, is well off that peak. Only 28% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The closest comparables inside the same city are Legend Trails and The W's.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent runs $1,929, close to the The Colony average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $109,008.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Legend Crest vs The Colony How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
17.9% -33%
The Colony: 26.7%
Average gross rent
$1,929 -1%
The Colony: $1,958
Average HH income
$109,008 -2%
The Colony: $111,090
Poverty rate
6.2% -9%
The Colony: 6.9%
Renter share
28.0% -30%
The Colony: 40.2%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Legend Crest and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 3.2–4.3

Why Legend Crest scores 3.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.6–4.6 across tracts
4.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.1–5.1 across tracts
5.1
Rent control risk
18% of income on rent · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.7–1.7 across tracts
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
28% renter households · Range 7.9–7.9 across tracts
7.9
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.1–4.1 across tracts
4.1
Economic stress
6.2% below poverty line · Range 1.0–2.5 across tracts
1.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.7–6.3 across tracts
5.2
Risk score comparison

Legend Crest vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Legend Crest score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Legend Crest: 3.83.8Legend CrestNeighborhoodParent city: 4.04.0Parent cityhost cityState: 3.63.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Legend Crest?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 1.1 points from 3.2 to 4.3. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Legend Crest

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
48121021520 4.3 3,987 24% $2,124
48121021532 4 4,269 30% $1,827
48121021531 3.2 4,272 0% $1,848
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 23

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 33%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 32%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 67%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 16%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Legend Crest

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 213Total filings (sum)
  • 6.83%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.8%Peak year (2006)
  • 7.22%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 214Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.9Avg monthly observed
  • 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.60×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth, TX).

Frequently asked

About Legend Crest

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Legend Crest?

Legend Crest scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Legend Crest compare to The Colony overall?

Legend Crest scores 0.2 points lower than The Colony overall (4/10). Renters spend 18% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,929 vs $1,958.
Q3

What is the average rent in Legend Crest?

Average gross rent in Legend Crest is $1,929/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Legend Crest residents are renters?

28% of Legend Crest households are renter-occupied (vs 40% in The Colony). The neighborhood has 12,528 residents.
Q5

Is Legend Crest a high social-vulnerability area?

Legend Crest sits in the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Legend Crest have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Legend Crest is census tract 48121021520 (score 4.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.2 to 4.3, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Legend Crest for landlords?

Legend Crest carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.8/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to The Colony as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Legend Crest?

Legend Crest has 12,614 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (50.1%), Hispanic / Latino (15.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (14.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Legend Crest

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside The Colony

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Legend Crest.

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