4 census tracts · pop 18,029 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10
· range 4.6–5.8
Airline takes in 4 census tracts of Aldine, TX, population 18,029. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.3/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. 31% 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.
Cost burden runs 59% against 47.7% citywide, putting Airline 11.1% over its own city. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 7.6/10. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.6 to 5.8, a 1.2-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. Court records carry 269 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
Average gross rent is $1,207, 15% below the Aldine average of $1,428. Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 7.8% of renter households.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 3/10. The most recent observed rate, 4.2% in 2015, is well off that peak.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $47,316. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.3 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
5.3
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Airline vs AldineHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport53%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Airline
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
269Total filings (sum)
4.67%Avg annual filing rate
7.8%Peak year (2011)
4.49%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
431Total filings 2020-21
1.6Avg monthly observed
1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
1.05×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Airline
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Airline?
Airline scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 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 Airline compare to Aldine overall?
Airline scores 0.9 points higher than Aldine overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 48% citywide. Average rent: $1,207 vs $1,428.
Q3
What is the average rent in Airline?
Average gross rent in Airline is $1,207/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Airline residents are renters?
32% of Airline households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Aldine). The neighborhood has 18,029 residents.
Q5
Is Airline a high social-vulnerability area?
Airline sits in the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Airline have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Airline is census tract 48201222402 (score 5.8/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 5.8, a spread of 1.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Airline for landlords?
Airline carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Aldine as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Airline?
Airline has 18,269 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (88.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (8.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
