3 census tracts · pop 9,996 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10
· range 5.1–5.1
Foster Place is a 3-tract neighborhood of Houston, TX, population 9,996. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.1/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 57% against 32.1% citywide, putting Foster Place 25.2% over its own city.
The dominant input is economic stress at 9.9/10. The poverty rate is 42%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The severe-burden share is 30%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Set annual rent against average household income of $33,574 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
At $1,103 a month, rents sit 19% under what the rest of Houston commands. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.2/10.
Filings are well documented here: 1,702 across 3 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 31.3% of renter households.
That places it #1 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston. Judgments average 9.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.3/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Its 3 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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
5.1
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Foster Place vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Foster Place
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,702Total filings (sum)
15.12%Avg annual filing rate
31.3%Peak year (2015)
15.93%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,108Total filings 2020-21
4.9Avg monthly observed
6.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.83×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Foster Place
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Foster Place?
Foster Place scores 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 Foster Place compare to Houston overall?
Foster Place scores 1.4 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,103 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Foster Place?
Average gross rent in Foster Place is $1,103/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Foster Place residents are renters?
53% of Foster Place households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 9,996 residents.
Q5
Is Foster Place a high social-vulnerability area?
Foster Place 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.
Q6
Which tracts in Foster Place have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Foster Place is census tract 48201313600 (score 5.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.1 to 5.1, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Foster Place for landlords?
Foster Place carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Foster Place?
Foster Place has 9,690 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (49.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (49.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (1.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
