1 census tracts · pop 7,584 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Moonshine Hill maps to a single census tract in Houston, TX and houses 7,584 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. 41% 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.
65% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Houston rate of 32.1%. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
At $1,829 a month, rents sit 34% over what the rest of Houston commands. The voucher gap is 19.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 239 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 15.6% of renter households.
On the high side is supply constraint at 7/10. That places it #241 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston. Judgments average 7.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
At 19% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
One tract means one number: 3/10 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
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Moonshine Hill vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority79%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport33%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Moonshine Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
239Total filings (sum)
11.73%Avg annual filing rate
15.6%Peak year (2015)
15.57%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
358Total filings 2020-21
4.7Avg monthly observed
3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
1.53×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Moonshine Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Moonshine Hill?
Moonshine Hill scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Moonshine Hill compare to Houston overall?
Moonshine Hill scores 0.7 points lower than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 65% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,829 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Moonshine Hill?
Average gross rent in Moonshine Hill is $1,829/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Moonshine Hill residents are renters?
19% of Moonshine Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 7,584 residents.
Q5
Is Moonshine Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Moonshine Hill sits in the 65th 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 Moonshine Hill for landlords?
Moonshine Hill carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Moonshine Hill?
Moonshine Hill has 7,287 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (43.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (33.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (16.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
