Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Winnetka Heights Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Dallas
Tract 48113004400 · Dallas, TX · pop 3,736 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
The Winnetka Heights Historic District neighborhood of Dallas anchors census tract 48113004400, which lands at 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 34% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,660 monthly, set against $124,440 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,679
Renter share24.8%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$124,440
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas and the region
Centroid at 32.7603, -96.8447 · click any tract to drill in
Why Winnetka Heights Historic District scores 3.1
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
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,660 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Winnetka Heights Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 66%Grade A
- 12%Grade B
- 7%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
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.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 589Total filings over 18 yrs
- 6.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.9%Peak (2011)
- 30Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 235Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.35×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Dallas, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Winnetka Heights Historic District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Winnetka Heights Historic District
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 4.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Dallas eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Dallas County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 11th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.35x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113004400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113004400?
Census tract 48113004400 in the Winnetka Heights Historic District neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 48113004400?
Median gross rent is $1,660/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113004400?
7.2% of residents in tract 48113004400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,736.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113004400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 8th, minority 49th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 48113004400 considered part of Winnetka Heights Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113004400 fall within Winnetka Heights Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113004400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 589 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113004400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.01% of renter households, peaking at 22.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48113004400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.35× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48113004400 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 48113004400 scores 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Dallas at 2.7/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 48113004400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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/ 10 · Elevated
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