5 census tracts · pop 15,476 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.1/10
· range 3–5.1
Walnut Bend spans 5 census tracts of Houston, TX and houses 15,476 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.1/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs roughly one in two against 32.1% citywide, putting Walnut Bend 18.3% over its own city.
31% 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. 68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 5.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 58 evictions logged in this tract. The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 7.8% of renter households.
Among the 397 mapped neighborhoods of Houston, it ranks #126 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 0.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Terra Nova and Fallbrook Greens score within a fraction of it.
Average gross rent runs $1,368, close to the Houston average.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.1 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
4.1
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Walnut Bend vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority79%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport51%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Walnut Bend
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
58Total filings (sum)
2.06%Avg annual filing rate
7.8%Peak year (2015)
7.79%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
4,148Total filings 2020-21
11.1Avg monthly observed
5.3Pre-pandemic baseline
3.16×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Walnut Bend
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Walnut Bend?
Walnut Bend scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 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 Walnut Bend compare to Houston overall?
Walnut Bend scores 0.4 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 50% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,368 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Walnut Bend?
Average gross rent in Walnut Bend is $1,368/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Walnut Bend residents are renters?
68% of Walnut Bend households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 15,476 residents.
Q5
Is Walnut Bend a high social-vulnerability area?
Walnut Bend sits in the 66th 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 Walnut Bend have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Walnut Bend is census tract 48201452203 (score 5.1/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.1, a spread of 2.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Walnut Bend for landlords?
Walnut Bend carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.1/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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 Walnut Bend?
Walnut Bend has 15,744 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (37.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (33%), Black (non-Hispanic) (20.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
