8 census tracts · pop 28,968 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 4.1–5.1
Meadowbrook spans 8 census tracts of Houston, TX, population 28,968. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5/10, in the Moderate tier. 62% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Houston rate of 32.1%.
The severe-burden share is 31%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 1.7/10.
At $1,020 a month, rents sit 25% under what the rest of Houston commands. The poverty rate is 24%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The 8 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.1 to 5.1, a 1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Court records carry 2,866 eviction filings across its 5 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10.
The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 26.1% of renter households. That places it #46 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston. Judgments average 4.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1 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
5
Moderate
8 tracts · population-weighted
Meadowbrook vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority93%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport75%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Meadowbrook
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,866Total filings (sum)
9.58%Avg annual filing rate
26.1%Peak year (2015)
10.73%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
3,171Total filings 2020-21
5.8Avg monthly observed
6.3Pre-pandemic baseline
1.32×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Meadowbrook
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Meadowbrook?
Meadowbrook scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 8 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 Meadowbrook compare to Houston overall?
Meadowbrook scores 1.3 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 62% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,020 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Meadowbrook?
Average gross rent in Meadowbrook is $1,020/month (pop-weighted across 8 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Meadowbrook residents are renters?
60% of Meadowbrook households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 28,968 residents.
Q5
Is Meadowbrook a high social-vulnerability area?
Meadowbrook 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 Meadowbrook have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Meadowbrook is census tract 48201333201 (score 5.1/10). Across the 8 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.1 to 5.1, a spread of 1 points.
Q7
How safe is Meadowbrook for landlords?
Meadowbrook carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 8 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 Meadowbrook?
Meadowbrook has 27,767 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (70%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
