2 census tracts · pop 12,500 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10
· range 5.1–5.1
Alief takes in 2 census tracts of Houston, TX and houses 12,500 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.1/10, Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 44%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
62% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Houston rate of 32.1%. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10.
Court records carry 1,260 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 16.3% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 6.0% in 2015, is well off that peak. That places it #1 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston.
Social vulnerability runs high at 9.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Average gross rent runs $1,425, close to the Houston average. 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
With little internal variation, 5.1/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Alief vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority95%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport82%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Alief
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,260Total filings (sum)
9.64%Avg annual filing rate
16.3%Peak year (2011)
6.16%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
702Total filings 2020-21
4.8Avg monthly observed
6.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.76×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Alief
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Alief?
Alief scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Alief compare to Houston overall?
Alief scores 1.4 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 62% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,425 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Alief?
Average gross rent in Alief is $1,425/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Alief residents are renters?
56% of Alief households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 12,500 residents.
Q5
Is Alief a high social-vulnerability area?
Alief sits in the 96th 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 Alief have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Alief is census tract 48201452802 (score 5.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.1 to 5.1, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Alief for landlords?
Alief carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Houston as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Alief?
Alief has 11,739 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (37.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (30.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (24.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
