Neighborhood · Houston, TX

Crestmont Eviction Risk: Moderate

5 census tracts · pop 18,520 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10 · range 4.8–5.1

Crestmont spans 5 census tracts of Houston, TX and houses 18,520 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. 54% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Houston rate of 32.1%.

Severe burden reaches 35%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

The poverty rate is 35%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,124, 17% below the Houston average of $1,361. Court records carry 2,975 eviction filings across its 5 observed tracts.

Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.5/10. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 32.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 13.3% in 2015, is well off that peak.

Among the 397 mapped neighborhoods of Houston, it ranks #46 by risk, the upper third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Maple Ridge Place and Grants Trace. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

Moderate

5 tracts · population-weighted

Crestmont vs Houston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

53.8% +68%

Houston: 32.1%

Average gross rent

$1,124 -17%

Houston: $1,361

Average HH income

$41,499 -34%

Houston: $62,894

Poverty rate

35.1% +78%

Houston: 19.7%

Renter share

49.4% -15%

Houston: 57.9%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Crestmont and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 4.8–5.1

Why Crestmont scores 5

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 5.7–5.7 across tracts

5.7

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts

5.5

Rent control risk

54% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

49% renter households · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts

3.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts

2.5

Economic stress

35.1% below poverty line · Range 4.8–10.0 across tracts

7.3

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–3.7 across tracts

2.5

Risk score comparison

Crestmont vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Crestmont?

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 0.3 points from 4.8 to 5.1. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.

Tracts as heat grid

5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.8

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

5 tracts in Crestmont

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

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
48201331700	5.1	4,134	37%	$791
48201331800	5.1	3,685	59%	$1,199
48201331400	5.1	2,953	69%	$1,037
48201332400	5	4,097	32%	$1,335
48201331900	4.8	3,651	80%	$1,258

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 92

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 96%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 96%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 99%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 40%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Crestmont

Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

2,975Total filings (sum)
16.41%Avg annual filing rate
32.0%Peak year (2014)
13.38%Latest filed (2015)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

2,032Total filings 2020-21
5.1Avg monthly observed
6.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.88×Ratio to baseline

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

Frequently asked

About Crestmont

What is the eviction-risk score for Crestmont?

Crestmont scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 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.

How does Crestmont compare to Houston overall?

Crestmont scores 1.3 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,124 vs $1,361.

What is the average rent in Crestmont?

Average gross rent in Crestmont is $1,124/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Crestmont residents are renters?

49% of Crestmont households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 18,520 residents.

Is Crestmont a high social-vulnerability area?

Crestmont sits in the 92nd 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.

Which tracts in Crestmont have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Crestmont is census tract 48201331700 (score 5.1/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.8 to 5.1, a spread of 0.3 points.

How safe is Crestmont for landlords?

Crestmont carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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.

What is the demographic breakdown of Crestmont?

Crestmont has 18,054 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (67.2%), Hispanic / Latino (30.9%), Other / Multiracial (1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Crestmont

5.1 Brookhaven 3 tracts · pop 14,165 5 Mayfair 7 tracts · pop 26,961 4.5 Crestmont Park 3 tracts · pop 11,343 5.1 Foster Place 3 tracts · pop 9,996 4.5 Hamlin's Woodland 8 tracts · pop 27,744 4.6 Mykawa 3 tracts · pop 11,718

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Houston

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Crestmont.

5 Meadowbrook 8 tracts · pop 28,968 5 Mahatma Gandhi District 21 tracts · pop 70,070 5 Cole Creek Manor 2 tracts · pop 7,962 5 Kashmere Gardens 6 tracts · pop 15,643 5 Fallbrook 2 tracts · pop 10,170 5 Bayou Place 3 tracts · pop 10,442

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