2 census tracts · pop 7,529 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10
· range 5.1–5.1
Yorkwood spans 2 census tracts of Houston, TX and houses 7,529 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.1/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 62% against 32.1% citywide, putting Yorkwood 30.2% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 38%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 10/10.
The poverty rate is 47%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
This is a renter market: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The filing record is not thin: 1,053 evictions logged in this tract.
Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. The worst year on record was 2013, when filings touched 19.2% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,242, 9% below the Houston average of $1,361. Recent filings have not receded much: 18.1% in 2015 against a 19.2% peak.
With little internal variation, 5.1/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Yorkwood vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Yorkwood
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,053Total filings (sum)
16.97%Avg annual filing rate
19.2%Peak year (2013)
18.13%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,230Total filings 2020-21
8.0Avg monthly observed
10.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.77×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Yorkwood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Yorkwood?
Yorkwood scores 5.1/10 (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 Yorkwood compare to Houston overall?
Yorkwood scores 1.4 points higher than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 62% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,242 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Yorkwood?
Average gross rent in Yorkwood is $1,242/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Yorkwood residents are renters?
69% of Yorkwood households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 7,529 residents.
Q5
Is Yorkwood a high social-vulnerability area?
Yorkwood sits in the 91st 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 Yorkwood have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Yorkwood is census tract 48201532200 (score 5.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.1 to 5.1, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Yorkwood for landlords?
Yorkwood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). 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 Yorkwood?
Yorkwood has 7,932 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (53.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (31.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (10%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
