2 census tracts · pop 5,340 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 3.4–4.6
Songwood spans 2 census tracts of Houston, TX, population 5,340. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 54% against 32.1% citywide, putting Songwood 21.6% over its own city.
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. 23% 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. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.2/10.
The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.4 to 4.6, a 1.2-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Court records carry 224 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
On the softer side is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.6/10. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 8.2% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 3.0% in 2015, is well off that peak. That places it #135 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston. The closest comparables inside the same city are Westchester and Villages at Lakepointe.
Social vulnerability runs high at 7.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,289, close to the Houston average.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.2 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
4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Songwood vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Songwood
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
224Total filings (sum)
3.77%Avg annual filing rate
8.2%Peak year (2011)
2.96%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
190Total filings 2020-21
1.2Avg monthly observed
1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
1.22×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Songwood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Songwood?
Songwood scores 4/10 (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 Songwood compare to Houston overall?
Songwood scores 0.3 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,289 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Songwood?
Average gross rent in Songwood is $1,289/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Songwood residents are renters?
39% of Songwood households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 5,340 residents.
Q5
Is Songwood a high social-vulnerability area?
Songwood sits in the 77th 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 Songwood have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Songwood is census tract 48201233400 (score 4.6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.4 to 4.6, a spread of 1.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Songwood for landlords?
Songwood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Songwood?
Songwood has 5,141 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (83.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (7.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
