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Neighborhood · Houston, TX

Memorial Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

3 census tracts · pop 9,522 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Memorial Heights is a 3-tract neighborhood of Houston, TX, population 9,522. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. Average gross rent is $1,996, 47% above the Houston average of $1,361.

85% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. The voucher gap is 30.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.

19% 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. Cost burden runs 40% against 32.1% citywide, putting Memorial Heights 7.5% over its own city.

Sitting well above the midpoint is supply constraint at 8.1/10. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. That places it #241 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Wingspan at Bridgeland and Longwood Village. The 3 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0 points apart at the extremes. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $108,993.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Memorial Heights vs Houston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
39.6% +23%
Houston: 32.1%
Average gross rent
$1,996 +47%
Houston: $1,361
Average HH income
$108,993 +73%
Houston: $62,894
Poverty rate
10.0% -49%
Houston: 19.7%
Renter share
84.7% +46%
Houston: 57.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Memorial Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 3–3

Why Memorial Heights scores 3

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
40% 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
85% 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
10.0% below poverty line · Range 1.8–2.8 across tracts
2.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 7.7–8.6 across tracts
8.1
Risk score comparison

Memorial Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Memorial Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0Memorial HeightsNeighborhood3.7Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Memorial Heights?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
0246810
Spread of 0 points from 3 to 3. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Memorial Heights

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
48201510202 3 5,263 40% $1,941
48201510201 3 2,331 32% $2,073
48201410201 3 1,928 47% $2,052
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 23

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 32%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 2%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 65%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 53%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Memorial Heights

Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,245Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.0Avg monthly observed
  • 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 5.03×Ratio to baseline

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

Frequently asked

About Memorial Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Memorial Heights?

Memorial Heights scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Memorial Heights compare to Houston overall?

Memorial Heights scores 0.7 points lower than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 40% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,996 vs $1,361.
Q3

What is the average rent in Memorial Heights?

Average gross rent in Memorial Heights is $1,996/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Memorial Heights residents are renters?

85% of Memorial Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 9,522 residents.
Q5

Is Memorial Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Memorial Heights sits in the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Memorial Heights have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Memorial Heights is census tract 48201510202 (score 3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Memorial Heights for landlords?

Memorial Heights carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Memorial Heights?

Memorial Heights has 10,023 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (46.6%), Hispanic / Latino (22.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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Other neighborhoods near Memorial Heights

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Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Memorial Heights.

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