Melrose Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $42,078, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Disability prevalence runs 46.5% against 31.5% nationally.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 51% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,254, close to the Houston average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.