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Neighborhood · Houston, TX

Hunters Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 6,952 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10 · range 4.9–4.9

Hunters Ridge maps to a single census tract in Houston, TX and houses 6,952 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.9/10, in the Moderate tier. 51% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

Against a Houston baseline of 32.1%, 74% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

At $1,684 a month, rents sit 24% over what the rest of Houston commands. The poverty rate is 21%. 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. Court records for this tract carry 254 eviction filings. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 7.5% of renter households.

The voucher gap is 10.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The most recent observed rate, 2.3% in 2015, is well off that peak. That places it #55 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston.

For a like-for-like read, Harvest Bend and Eastwood score within a fraction of it. 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 4.9/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Hunters Ridge vs Houston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
74.2% +131%
Houston: 32.1%
Average gross rent
$1,684 +24%
Houston: $1,361
Average HH income
$58,902 -6%
Houston: $62,894
Poverty rate
20.7% +5%
Houston: 19.7%
Renter share
40.0% -31%
Houston: 57.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hunters Ridge and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 4.9–4.9

Why Hunters Ridge scores 4.9

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
74% 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
40% 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
20.7% below poverty line · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Risk score comparison

Hunters Ridge vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Hunters Ridge score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.9Hunters RidgeNeighborhood3.7Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Hunters Ridge

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
48201251402 4.9 6,952 74% $1,684
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 64

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 78%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 91%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 10%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Hunters Ridge

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 254Total filings (sum)
  • 5.03%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.5%Peak year (2014)
  • 2.27%Latest filed (2015)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 208Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.7Avg monthly observed
  • 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.90×Ratio to baseline

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

Frequently asked

About Hunters Ridge

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Hunters Ridge?

Hunters Ridge scores 4.9/10 (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 Hunters Ridge compare to Houston overall?

Hunters Ridge scores 1.2 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 74% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,684 vs $1,361.
Q3

What is the average rent in Hunters Ridge?

Average gross rent in Hunters Ridge is $1,684/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Hunters Ridge residents are renters?

40% of Hunters Ridge households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 6,952 residents.
Q5

Is Hunters Ridge a high social-vulnerability area?

Hunters Ridge sits in the 64th 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 Hunters Ridge for landlords?

Hunters Ridge carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). 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 Hunters Ridge?

Hunters Ridge has 6,652 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (43.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (42.5%), Other / Multiracial (4.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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