2 census tracts · pop 6,243 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10
· range 4.6–5.1
Scenic Woods is a 2-tract neighborhood of Houston, TX and houses 6,243 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.9/10, Moderate tier. 59% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Houston rate of 32.1%.
35% 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.
Set annual rent against average household income of $45,689 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 22%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. Court records carry 521 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 18.6% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,243, 9% below the Houston average of $1,361. That places it #55 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston. Judgments average 7.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Harvest Bend and Eastwood. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
With little internal variation, 4.9/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Scenic Woods vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority99%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport53%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Scenic Woods
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
521Total filings (sum)
12.46%Avg annual filing rate
18.6%Peak year (2015)
15.64%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
445Total filings 2020-21
2.8Avg monthly observed
2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.94×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Scenic Woods
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Scenic Woods?
Scenic Woods scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 Scenic Woods compare to Houston overall?
Scenic Woods scores 1.2 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,243 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Scenic Woods?
Average gross rent in Scenic Woods is $1,243/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Scenic Woods residents are renters?
34% of Scenic Woods households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 6,243 residents.
Q5
Is Scenic Woods a high social-vulnerability area?
Scenic Woods sits in the 97th 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 Scenic Woods have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Scenic Woods is census tract 48201231600 (score 5.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 5.1, a spread of 0.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Scenic Woods for landlords?
Scenic Woods carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Scenic Woods?
Scenic Woods has 6,218 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (66.8%), Hispanic / Latino (30.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (1.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
