Within neighborhood
18
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,465 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Lawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dallas
Tract 48113000502 · Dallas, TX · pop 2,188 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 48113000502 sits in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. It has a population of 2,188 and an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). 22% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 12% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,962/month against a median household income of $119,261 — roughly 20% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 52%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,531
Renter share66.0%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$119,261
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas and the region
Centroid at 32.8035, -96.8109 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Lawn scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dallas
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,962 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dallas
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dallas
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dallas
3.0
How Oak Lawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C — Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 65%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org) — 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 82Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Dallas, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Oak Lawn. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113000502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113000502?
Census tract 48113000502 in the Oak Lawn neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 48113000502?
Median gross rent is $1,962/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113000502?
10.4% of residents in tract 48113000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,188.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113000502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 19th, minority 34th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 48113000502 considered part of Oak Lawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113000502 fall within Oak Lawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48113000502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48113000502 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 48113000502 scores 4.6/10 — higher than the parent city of Dallas at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dallas eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 48113000502 historically redlined?
Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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