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Disaster risk in Houston

Houston ranks T#129 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 9 — Quiet. That puts it in the 4th percentile nationally and #13 of 13 in Texas.

resilience score
9
Quiet
National rank
T#129 of 134
In Texas
#13 of 13
Percentile
4th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Houston sits 41 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Houston

  1. T#123 Phoenix, AZ 10
  2. T#123 Scottsdale, AZ 10
  3. T#129 Houston, TX — this page 9
  4. T#131 Chicago, IL 8
  5. T#131 Long Beach, CA 8

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Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Houston

Houston scores 41 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: