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Neighborhood · Houston, TX

Rice Military Eviction Risk: Lower

2 census tracts · pop 6,340 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Rice Military is a 2-tract neighborhood of Houston, TX and houses 6,340 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. At $2,014 a month, rents sit 48% over what the rest of Houston commands.

Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. The voucher gap is 31.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.

Cost burden runs 43% against 32.1% citywide, putting Rice Military 10.5% over its own city. Running cool is economic stress, at 1.2/10.

On the high side is supply constraint at 8.2/10. The severe-burden share is 14%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

That places it #241 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston. For a like-for-like read, Wingspan at Bridgeland and Longwood Village score within a fraction of it.

Rent takes 20% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for 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
2 tracts · population-weighted
Rice Military vs Houston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
42.6% +33%
Houston: 32.1%
Average gross rent
$2,014 +48%
Houston: $1,361
Average HH income
$122,021 +94%
Houston: $62,894
Poverty rate
4.2% -79%
Houston: 19.7%
Renter share
54.1% -7%
Houston: 57.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rice Military and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3–3

Why Rice Military 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
43% 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
54% 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
4.2% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.7 across tracts
1.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 7.5–8.6 across tracts
8.2
Risk score comparison

Rice Military vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Rice Military score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0Rice MilitaryNeighborhood3.7Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Rice Military

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
48201510801 3 4,110 46% $2,073
48201510803 3 2,230 36% $1,905
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 7

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 10%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 3%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 40%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Rice Military

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 283Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.9Avg monthly observed
  • 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 4.86×Ratio to baseline

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

Frequently asked

About Rice Military

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Rice Military?

Rice Military 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 Rice Military compare to Houston overall?

Rice Military scores 0.7 points lower than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $2,014 vs $1,361.
Q3

What is the average rent in Rice Military?

Average gross rent in Rice Military is $2,014/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Rice Military residents are renters?

54% of Rice Military households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 6,340 residents.
Q5

Is Rice Military a high social-vulnerability area?

Rice Military sits in the 7th 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 Rice Military have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Rice Military is census tract 48201510801 (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 Rice Military for landlords?

Rice Military 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 Rice Military?

Rice Military has 6,776 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (59.8%), Hispanic / Latino (14.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (10.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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