Your super neighborhood at-a-glance:

Greater Third Ward is the home of some of the most important institutions in Houston’s African American community, including Texas Southern University, Riverside Hospital, and dozens of prominent churches. Originally a small community of shotgun style houses and modest frame homes, over time the area called Third Ward expanded to the south into neighborhoods such as Washington Terrace. By the mid 1950s, the growing African American middle class found more substantial brick homes and duplexes in areas formerly reserved for Whites. Neighborhood household income has not kept pace with the rest of the City, and during the past thirty years, commercial development along Dowling Street has declined. Recently, there has been some revival along Scott and new home construction in the southern and western areas.

• Houston City Council Districts I, D
• Houston Independent School District (6 public schools)
• 1,851 acres (2.9 sq. miles)
• Super Neighborhood demographics
• Land Use Map for this Super Neighborhood