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Neighborhood · Houston, TX

Windfern Trace Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 3,246 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10 · range 5.1–5.1

Windfern Trace is a one-tract neighborhood of Houston, TX, population 3,246. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.1/10, Moderate tier. Against a Houston baseline of 32.1%, 58% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The severe-burden share is 35%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. At $1,870 a month, rents sit 37% over what the rest of Houston commands. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

On the high side is economic stress at 8.4/10. The voucher gap is 22.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10.

Among the 397 mapped neighborhoods of Houston, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, North Shadydale and Grand Vista Lakes score within a fraction of it.

38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.1/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Windfern Trace vs Houston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
58.3% +82%
Houston: 32.1%
Average gross rent
$1,870 +37%
Houston: $1,361
Average HH income
$66,809 +6%
Houston: $62,894
Poverty rate
33.5% +70%
Houston: 19.7%
Renter share
38.4% -34%
Houston: 57.9%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Windfern Trace and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.1–5.1

Why Windfern Trace scores 5.1

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
58% 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
38% 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
33.5% below poverty line · Range 8.4–8.4 across tracts
8.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 7.2–7.2 across tracts
7.2
Risk score comparison

Windfern Trace vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Windfern Trace score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.1Windfern TraceNeighborhood3.7Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Windfern Trace

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
48201551601 5.1 3,246 58% $1,870
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 60

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 84%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 84%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 3%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Windfern Trace

Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 71Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.9Avg monthly observed
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.91×Ratio to baseline

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

Frequently asked

About Windfern Trace

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Windfern Trace?

Windfern Trace scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Windfern Trace compare to Houston overall?

Windfern Trace scores 1.4 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,870 vs $1,361.
Q3

What is the average rent in Windfern Trace?

Average gross rent in Windfern Trace is $1,870/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Windfern Trace residents are renters?

38% of Windfern Trace households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 3,246 residents.
Q5

Is Windfern Trace a high social-vulnerability area?

Windfern Trace sits in the 60th 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

How safe is Windfern Trace for landlords?

Windfern Trace carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Windfern Trace?

Windfern Trace has 3,258 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (56.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (26.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (12.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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