2 census tracts · pop 7,441 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Ella Lee Forest takes in 2 census tracts of Houston, TX, population 7,441. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. The severe-burden share is 51%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
58% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Houston rate of 32.1%. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.8/10.
Filings are well documented here: 66 across 2 observed tracts. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10.
The worst year on record was 2013, when filings touched 3.6% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 1.3% in 2015, is well off that peak.
That places it #241 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston. At 13% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. The closest comparables inside the same city are Wingspan at Bridgeland and Longwood Village.
Rent takes 9% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Average gross rent runs $1,408, close to the Houston average.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Ella Lee Forest vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority53%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport25%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Ella Lee Forest
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
66Total filings (sum)
2.59%Avg annual filing rate
3.6%Peak year (2013)
1.21%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
71Total filings 2020-21
0.5Avg monthly observed
0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
2.45×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Ella Lee Forest
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Ella Lee Forest?
Ella Lee Forest scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Ella Lee Forest compare to Houston overall?
Ella Lee Forest scores 0.7 points lower than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,408 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Ella Lee Forest?
Average gross rent in Ella Lee Forest is $1,408/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Ella Lee Forest residents are renters?
13% of Ella Lee Forest households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 7,441 residents.
Q5
Is Ella Lee Forest a high social-vulnerability area?
Ella Lee Forest 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 Ella Lee Forest have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Ella Lee Forest is census tract 48201531700 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Ella Lee Forest for landlords?
Ella Lee Forest carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Ella Lee Forest?
Ella Lee Forest has 7,355 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (62.8%), Hispanic / Latino (26.8%), Other / Multiracial (7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
