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Neighborhood · Houston, TX

Cypress Falls Eviction Risk: Lower

3 census tracts · pop 17,309 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3.1

Cypress Falls takes in 3 census tracts of Houston, TX and houses 17,309 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. 64% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Houston rate of 32.1%.

Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. At $1,741 a month, rents sit 28% over what the rest of Houston commands. Severe burden reaches 19%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.2/10. Court records for this tract carry 134 eviction filings. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10.

The voucher gap is 13.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 17.9% of renter households.

Recent filings have not receded much: 11.7% in 2015 against a 17.9% peak. That places it #241 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston. For a like-for-like read, Wingspan at Bridgeland and Longwood Village score within a fraction of it.

Its 3 tracts score within 0.1 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Cypress Falls vs Houston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
63.7% +98%
Houston: 32.1%
Average gross rent
$1,741 +28%
Houston: $1,361
Average HH income
$81,510 +30%
Houston: $62,894
Poverty rate
8.9% -55%
Houston: 19.7%
Renter share
28.2% -51%
Houston: 57.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cypress Falls and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 3–3.1

Why Cypress Falls scores 3

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
64% 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
28% 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
8.9% below poverty line · Range 1.8–3.0 across tracts
2.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 6.0–6.7 across tracts
6.4
Risk score comparison

Cypress Falls vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Cypress Falls score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0Cypress FallsNeighborhood3.7Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Cypress Falls?

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

Score distribution
0246810
Spread of 0.1 points from 3 to 3.1. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
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 Cypress Falls

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
48201541500 3.1 5,744 81% $1,796
48201541302 3 7,836 51% $1,686
48201542107 3 3,729 63% $1,772
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 70

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

Socioeconomic status 75%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 79%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Cypress Falls

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 134Total filings (sum)
  • 11.98%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.9%Peak year (2014)
  • 11.73%Latest filed (2015)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 434Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.9Avg monthly observed
  • 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.75×Ratio to baseline

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

Frequently asked

About Cypress Falls

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Cypress Falls?

Cypress Falls scores 3/10 (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 Cypress Falls compare to Houston overall?

Cypress Falls scores 0.7 points lower than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 64% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,741 vs $1,361.
Q3

What is the average rent in Cypress Falls?

Average gross rent in Cypress Falls is $1,741/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Cypress Falls residents are renters?

28% of Cypress Falls households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 17,309 residents.
Q5

Is Cypress Falls a high social-vulnerability area?

Cypress Falls sits in the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Cypress Falls have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Cypress Falls is census tract 48201541500 (score 3.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.1, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Cypress Falls for landlords?

Cypress Falls carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 Houston as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Cypress Falls?

Cypress Falls has 16,141 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (58.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (15.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (12.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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