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Neighborhood · Houston, TX

McKendree Park Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 5,145 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10 · range 5.1–5.1

McKendree Park maps to a single census tract in Houston, TX and houses 5,145 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.1/10, in the Moderate tier. 61% 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%, 61% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. At $2,122 a month, rents sit 56% over what the rest of Houston commands.

The voucher gap is 38.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Sitting well above the midpoint is supply constraint at 8.9/10. The poverty rate is 31%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side is economic stress at 7.7/10.

The filing record is not thin: 125 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 15.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 7.2% in 2015, is well off that peak.

Among the 397 mapped neighborhoods of Houston, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. At 8% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. For a like-for-like read, North Shadydale and Grand Vista Lakes score within a fraction of it.

One tract means one number: 5.1/10 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
5.1
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
McKendree Park vs Houston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
60.5% +88%
Houston: 32.1%
Average gross rent
$2,122 +56%
Houston: $1,361
Average HH income
$71,648 +14%
Houston: $62,894
Poverty rate
31.0% +57%
Houston: 19.7%
Renter share
8.2% -86%
Houston: 57.9%
Peer neighborhoods

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Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across McKendree Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.1–5.1

Why McKendree Park scores 5.1

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
61% 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
8% 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
31.0% below poverty line · Range 7.7–7.7 across tracts
7.7
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 8.9–8.9 across tracts
8.9
Risk score comparison

McKendree Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

McKendree Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.1McKendree ParkNeighborhood3.7Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in McKendree Park

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
48201540700 5.1 5,145 60% $2,122
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 50

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

Socioeconomic status 51%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 35%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 43%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in McKendree Park

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 125Total filings (sum)
  • 9.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.0%Peak year (2012)
  • 7.19%Latest filed (2015)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 67Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.9Avg monthly observed
  • 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.59×Ratio to baseline

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

Frequently asked

About McKendree Park

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for McKendree Park?

McKendree Park scores 5.1/10 (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 McKendree Park compare to Houston overall?

McKendree Park scores 1.4 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $2,122 vs $1,361.
Q3

What is the average rent in McKendree Park?

Average gross rent in McKendree Park is $2,122/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of McKendree Park residents are renters?

8% of McKendree Park households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 5,145 residents.
Q5

Is McKendree Park a high social-vulnerability area?

McKendree Park sits in the 50th 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 McKendree Park for landlords?

McKendree Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). 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 McKendree Park?

McKendree Park has 5,564 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (48.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (32.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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