3 census tracts · pop 11,718 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10
· range 3.6–5.1
Mykawa is a 3-tract neighborhood of Houston, TX and houses 11,718 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.6/10, in the Moderate tier. 49% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Houston rate of 32.1%.
29% 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. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.6 to 5.1, a 1.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Filings are well documented here: 773 across 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 26.0% of renter households. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 3/10.
At $1,220 a month, rents sit 10% under what the rest of Houston commands. The most recent observed rate, 7.9% in 2015, is well off that peak. Among the 397 mapped neighborhoods of Houston, it ranks #76 by risk, the upper third.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Westbranch and Lakewood Heights. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $58,734.
53% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Mykawa vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport60%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mykawa
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
773Total filings (sum)
10.89%Avg annual filing rate
26.0%Peak year (2014)
7.60%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,468Total filings 2020-21
5.5Avg monthly observed
3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
1.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Mykawa
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mykawa?
Mykawa scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 Mykawa compare to Houston overall?
Mykawa scores 0.9 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,220 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mykawa?
Average gross rent in Mykawa is $1,220/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mykawa residents are renters?
53% of Mykawa households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 11,718 residents.
Q5
Is Mykawa a high social-vulnerability area?
Mykawa sits in the 85th 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 Mykawa have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Mykawa is census tract 48201333801 (score 5.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.6 to 5.1, a spread of 1.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Mykawa for landlords?
Mykawa carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Mykawa?
Mykawa has 11,254 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (66.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (26%), White (non-Hispanic) (3.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
