1 census tracts · pop 3,571 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 5–5
Grants Trace is a one-tract neighborhood of Houston, TX, population 3,571. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5/10, Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 89%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Against a Houston baseline of 32.1%, 94% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 1.4/10.
At $978 a month, rents sit 28% under what the rest of Houston commands. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10.
Among the 397 mapped neighborhoods of Houston, it ranks #46 by risk, the upper third. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Grants Trace vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport10%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Grants Trace
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
36Total filings 2020-21
0.5Avg monthly observed
0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.73×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Grants Trace
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Grants Trace?
Grants Trace scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Grants Trace compare to Houston overall?
Grants Trace scores 1.3 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 94% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $978 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Grants Trace?
Average gross rent in Grants Trace is $978/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 94% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Grants Trace residents are renters?
36% of Grants Trace households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 3,571 residents.
Q5
Is Grants Trace a high social-vulnerability area?
Grants Trace sits in the 74th 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
How safe is Grants Trace for landlords?
Grants Trace carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Grants Trace?
Grants Trace has 3,396 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (42.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (37%), Black (non-Hispanic) (12.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
