2 census tracts · pop 5,273 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Vassar Place spans 2 census tracts of Houston, TX and houses 5,273 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. At $1,929 a month, rents sit 42% over what the rest of Houston commands.
Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. This is a renter market: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
The voucher gap is 26.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Severe burden reaches 19%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.4/10.
On the high side is supply constraint at 7.6/10. Court records for this tract carry 146 eviction filings.
Rent consumes at least 30% of income for around a third of renter households. Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 2.2% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 1.3% in 2015, is well off that peak. 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.
The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0 points apart at the extremes. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $108,483.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. 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
Vassar Place vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Vassar Place
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
146Total filings (sum)
1.79%Avg annual filing rate
2.2%Peak year (2011)
1.26%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
374Total filings 2020-21
2.6Avg monthly observed
1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
3.09×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Vassar Place
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Vassar Place?
Vassar Place 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 Vassar Place compare to Houston overall?
Vassar Place scores 0.7 points lower than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,929 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Vassar Place?
Average gross rent in Vassar Place is $1,929/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Vassar Place residents are renters?
73% of Vassar Place households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 5,273 residents.
Q5
Is Vassar Place a high social-vulnerability area?
Vassar Place sits in the 19th 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 Vassar Place have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Vassar Place is census tract 48201410900 (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 Vassar Place for landlords?
Vassar Place 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 Vassar Place?
Vassar Place has 5,735 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (58%), Hispanic / Latino (16.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
