4 census tracts · pop 13,634 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.7/10
· range 3–5.1
Old Sixth Ward is a 4-tract neighborhood of Houston, TX and houses 13,634 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.7/10, Lower tier. At $2,006 a month, rents sit 47% over what the rest of Houston commands.
Cost burden runs 44% against 32.1% citywide, putting Old Sixth Ward 12.1% over its own city. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. 83% 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 voucher gap is 31.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 5.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
Running hot is supply constraint at 7.8/10. 15% 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 filing record is not thin: 61 evictions logged in this tract.
On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 2.3% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 1.8% in 2015 against a 2.3% peak.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
4 tracts · population-weighted
Old Sixth Ward vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority64%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport75%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Old Sixth Ward
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
61Total filings (sum)
1.53%Avg annual filing rate
2.3%Peak year (2010)
1.76%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
3,164Total filings 2020-21
13.1Avg monthly observed
2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
5.22×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Old Sixth Ward
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Old Sixth Ward?
Old Sixth Ward scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier) across 4 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 Old Sixth Ward compare to Houston overall?
Old Sixth Ward scores 0.0 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $2,006 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Old Sixth Ward?
Average gross rent in Old Sixth Ward is $2,006/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Old Sixth Ward residents are renters?
83% of Old Sixth Ward households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 13,634 residents.
Q5
Is Old Sixth Ward a high social-vulnerability area?
Old Sixth Ward sits in the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Old Sixth Ward have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Old Sixth Ward is census tract 48201410102 (score 5.1/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.1, a spread of 2.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Old Sixth Ward for landlords?
Old Sixth Ward carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.7/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Old Sixth Ward?
Old Sixth Ward has 13,807 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (46%), Hispanic / Latino (22.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (20.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
