2 census tracts · pop 5,855 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Mills Branch spans 2 census tracts of Houston, TX and houses 5,855 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. At $2,354 a month, rents sit 73% over what the rest of Houston commands.
The voucher gap is 54.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. What pushes the score up most is supply constraint at 9.9/10. Cost burden runs 20% against 32.1% citywide, putting Mills Branch 12.6% under its own city.
Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2/10. Court records carry 72 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 22.5% of renter households. Among the 397 mapped neighborhoods of Houston, it ranks #241 by risk, the middle third.
Judgments average 4.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 18% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. The closest comparables inside the same city are Wingspan at Bridgeland and Longwood Village.
Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Mills Branch vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority56%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport16%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mills Branch
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
72Total filings (sum)
6.63%Avg annual filing rate
22.5%Peak year (2015)
13.32%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
101Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly observed
0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
1.81×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Mills Branch
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mills Branch?
Mills Branch scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Mills Branch compare to Houston overall?
Mills Branch scores 0.7 points lower than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 20% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $2,354 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mills Branch?
Average gross rent in Mills Branch is $2,354/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mills Branch residents are renters?
18% of Mills Branch households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 5,855 residents.
Q5
Is Mills Branch a high social-vulnerability area?
Mills Branch sits in the 19th 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 Mills Branch have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Mills Branch is census tract 48201251401 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Mills Branch for landlords?
Mills Branch carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 Mills Branch?
Mills Branch has 5,808 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (58.4%), Hispanic / Latino (21.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
