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Winnetka Heights Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Dallas

Tract 48113004600 · Dallas, TX · pop 1,821 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 48113004600 covers the Winnetka Heights Historic District area of Dallas in Texas. Home to 1,821 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.

About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,496 monthly, set against $82,727 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 20% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units792
Renter share54.3%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$82,727

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Winnetka Heights Historic District
Low
Within parent city
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#236 of 348 tracts In Dallas
Low
Within county
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#312 of 645 tracts In Dallas
Moderate
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#3,399 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dallas and the region

Centroid at 32.7473, -96.8435 · click any tract to drill in

Why Winnetka Heights Historic District scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,496 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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.
Winnetka Heights Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.93.9This tracttract 004600Dallas: 2.72.7Dallasparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 501Total filings over 18 yrs
  • 6.62%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.7%Peak (2006)
  • 31Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 481130046002000: 27 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)2001: 30 filings (5.56/100 renter HHs)2002: 36 filings (6.67/100 renter HHs)2003: 23 filings (4.26/100 renter HHs)2004: 17 filings (3.15/100 renter HHs)2005: 18 filings (5.42/100 renter HHs)2006: 42 filings (12.65/100 renter HHs)2007: 32 filings (9.64/100 renter HHs)2008: 34 filings (10.24/100 renter HHs)2009: 29 filings (8.73/100 renter HHs)2010: 20 filings (5.31/100 renter HHs)2011: 17 filings (3.97/100 renter HHs)2012: 14 filings (3.27/100 renter HHs)2013: 22 filings (5.14/100 renter HHs)2014: 39 filings (9.11/100 renter HHs)2015: 36 filings (8.41/100 renter HHs)2016: 34 filings (6.60/100 renter HHs)2017: 31 filings (6.02/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 18 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 168Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.02×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 3 filings (0.75× baseline)2020-02-01: 3 filings (1.29× baseline)2020-03-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 2 filings (1.20× baseline)2020-07-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 3 filings (1.80× baseline)2020-10-01: 2 filings (0.86× baseline)2020-11-01: 2 filings (0.60× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 1 filings (0.43× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 3 filings (2.26× baseline)2021-05-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 5 filings (2.99× baseline)2021-07-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 9 filings (5.39× baseline)2021-10-01: 1 filings (0.43× baseline)2021-11-01: 4 filings (1.20× baseline)2021-12-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 4 filings (3.01× baseline)2022-05-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-06-01: 5 filings (2.99× baseline)2022-07-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 1 filings (0.37× baseline)2022-09-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2022-10-01: 3 filings (1.29× baseline)2022-11-01: 3 filings (0.90× baseline)2022-12-01: 5 filings (2.50× baseline)2023-01-01: 5 filings (1.25× baseline)2023-02-01: 4 filings (1.72× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2023-04-01: 7 filings (5.26× baseline)2023-05-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2023-08-01: 5 filings (1.87× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 4 filings (1.72× baseline)2023-11-01: 3 filings (0.90× baseline)2023-12-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 6 filings (1.50× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (0.43× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2024-04-01: 6 filings (4.51× baseline)2024-05-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 4 filings (2.40× baseline)2024-07-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 3 filings (1.12× baseline)2024-09-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 2 filings (0.50× baseline)2025-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2025-07-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2025-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 3 filings (1.29× baseline)2025-11-01: 2 filings (0.60× baseline)2025-12-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran near 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 score leans hardest on 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 riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 501 eviction filings here over 18 tracked years, with about 6.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.7% of renter households in 2006.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48113004600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113004600?

Census tract 48113004600 in the Winnetka Heights Historic District neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 48113004600?

Median gross rent is $1,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48113004600?

6.8% of residents in tract 48113004600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,821.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48113004600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 19th, minority 70th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 48113004600 considered part of Winnetka Heights Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113004600 fall within Winnetka Heights Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113004600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 501 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113004600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.62% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48113004600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.02× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48113004600 compare to Dallas overall?

Tract 48113004600 scores 3.9/10, 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 48113004600 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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