The Settegast Super Neighborhood was originally “an inexpensive location for African Americans seeking housing in Northeast Houston.  Currently, small wood frame homes are interspersed with many empty lots and very few commercial or industrial uses. Settegast is bordered on the west by a very large railroad switching yard and on the south by Loop 610 and the old Beaumont highway. The community had its own high school when the Northeast Houston ISD (now North Forest ISD) was segregated. In the northeast corner of the neighborhood is the large campus of the Lakewood Church.” (City of Houston Planning and Development Department)

Over 44 percent (44.30%) of the adults over 25 in Settegast do not have a high school diploma. School age students living in Settegast attend North Forest ISD schools. Over 25% of the properties in the neighborhood have long-term tax liens and over 60 percent (60.88%) % of the children in the neighborhood live below the poverty level. Over 91 percent (91.10%) of the residents in Settegast are African American. The next largest population group is Hispanic with six percent (6.02%) of the population. There are approximately 562 properties in the proposed targeted subsection of Settegast that are undeveloped or have tax liens. Approximately 385 of those have long-term tax liens. Over 33 percent (33.58%) of the 1,703 housing units in the neighborhood are renter occupied.

For a City of Houston land use map of Settegast go to  http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/suprnbhds/landuse/sn50lu.html