3 census tracts · pop 13,856 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.2/10
· range 3.2–4.8
Hunterwood is a 3-tract suburb of Houston, TX and houses 13,856 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.2/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 68% against 32.1% citywide, putting Hunterwood 35.4% over its own city.
Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. 27% 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.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.2 to 4.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. Court records carry 976 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 29.9% of renter households. That places it #121 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston. Judgments average 10.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Gulf Palms and Royal Oaks Country Club score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,281, close to the Houston average.
Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $57,370. 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.6 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Hunterwood vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority94%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Hunterwood
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
976Total filings (sum)
14.93%Avg annual filing rate
29.9%Peak year (2015)
13.91%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,400Total filings 2020-21
6.2Avg monthly observed
5.2Pre-pandemic baseline
1.24×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Hunterwood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Hunterwood?
Hunterwood scores 4.2/10 (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 Hunterwood compare to Houston overall?
Hunterwood scores 0.5 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 68% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,281 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Hunterwood?
Average gross rent in Hunterwood is $1,281/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Hunterwood residents are renters?
51% of Hunterwood households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 13,856 residents.
Q5
Is Hunterwood a high social-vulnerability area?
Hunterwood sits in the 79th 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 Hunterwood have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Hunterwood is census tract 48201232402 (score 4.8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.2 to 4.8, a spread of 1.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Hunterwood for landlords?
Hunterwood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.2/10). 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 Hunterwood?
Hunterwood has 13,492 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (66.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (24.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (5.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
