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Neighborhood · Houston, TX

Royal Oaks Country Club Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 13,395 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.2/10 · range 3.7–4.5

Royal Oaks Country Club spans 4 census tracts of Houston, TX, population 13,395. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.2/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Houston baseline of 32.1%, about half of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

This is a renter market: 87% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. Court records for this tract carry 955 eviction filings.

The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. At $1,526 a month, rents sit 12% over what the rest of Houston commands.

The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 14.1% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 8.7% in 2015 against a 14.1% peak. That places it #121 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston.

For a like-for-like read, Gulf Palms and Westpark Village score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

With little internal variation, 4.2/10 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
4.2
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Royal Oaks Country Club vs Houston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
47.2% +47%
Houston: 32.1%
Average gross rent
$1,526 +12%
Houston: $1,361
Average HH income
$67,544 +7%
Houston: $62,894
Poverty rate
17.0% -14%
Houston: 19.7%
Renter share
86.7% +50%
Houston: 57.9%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Royal Oaks Country Club and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 3.7–4.5

Why Royal Oaks Country Club scores 4.2

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
47% 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
87% 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
17.0% below poverty line · Range 2.7–4.9 across tracts
4.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.2–5.7 across tracts
5.0
Risk score comparison

Royal Oaks Country Club vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Royal Oaks Country Club score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.2Royal Oaks CountryNeighborhood3.7Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Royal Oaks Country Club?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 0.8 points from 3.7 to 4.5. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

4 tracts in Royal Oaks Country Club

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
48201452101 4.5 6,143 53% $1,543
48201452102 4.3 2,007 47% $1,629
48201452103 3.9 1,688 21% $1,413
48201452202 3.7 3,557 50% $1,492
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 74

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 77%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 41%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 74%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Royal Oaks Country Club

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 955Total filings (sum)
  • 10.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.1%Peak year (2011)
  • 8.71%Latest filed (2015)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 4,141Total filings 2020-21
  • 14.3Avg monthly observed
  • 9.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.46×Ratio to baseline

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

Frequently asked

About Royal Oaks Country Club

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Royal Oaks Country Club?

Royal Oaks Country Club scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 Royal Oaks Country Club compare to Houston overall?

Royal Oaks Country Club scores 0.5 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,526 vs $1,361.
Q3

What is the average rent in Royal Oaks Country Club?

Average gross rent in Royal Oaks Country Club is $1,526/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Royal Oaks Country Club residents are renters?

87% of Royal Oaks Country Club households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 13,395 residents.
Q5

Is Royal Oaks Country Club a high social-vulnerability area?

Royal Oaks Country Club sits in the 74th 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

Which tracts in Royal Oaks Country Club have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Royal Oaks Country Club is census tract 48201452101 (score 4.5/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.7 to 4.5, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7

How safe is Royal Oaks Country Club for landlords?

Royal Oaks Country Club carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.2/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Royal Oaks Country Club?

Royal Oaks Country Club has 14,386 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (38.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (23.8%), Hispanic / Latino (22.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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