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Oak Cliff Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dallas

Tract 48113005300 · Dallas, TX · pop 6,606 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

The Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas anchors census tract 48113005300, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 37th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,634 a month while the average household earns $68,424 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 14% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,020
Renter share21.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate15.7%
Median income$68,424

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 6 tracts In Oak Cliff
Elevated
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#158 of 348 tracts In Dallas
Moderate
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#173 of 645 tracts In Dallas
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#2,201 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dallas and the region

Centroid at 32.7341, -96.8603 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oak Cliff scores 4.7

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
15.7% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,634 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Cliff compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oak Cliff risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 005300Dallas: 2.72.7Dallasparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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)

  • 513Total filings over 18 yrs
  • 5.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.5%Peak (2002)
  • 22Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 481130053002000: 36 filings (7.68/100 renter HHs)2001: 44 filings (9.38/100 renter HHs)2002: 54 filings (11.51/100 renter HHs)2003: 36 filings (7.68/100 renter HHs)2004: 37 filings (7.89/100 renter HHs)2005: 27 filings (4.49/100 renter HHs)2006: 43 filings (7.15/100 renter HHs)2007: 23 filings (3.83/100 renter HHs)2008: 21 filings (3.49/100 renter HHs)2009: 23 filings (3.83/100 renter HHs)2010: 25 filings (4.96/100 renter HHs)2011: 26 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)2012: 20 filings (3.85/100 renter HHs)2013: 22 filings (4.23/100 renter HHs)2014: 17 filings (3.27/100 renter HHs)2015: 22 filings (4.23/100 renter HHs)2016: 15 filings (2.40/100 renter HHs)2017: 22 filings (3.51/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 39% over the past 18 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 83Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.57×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 2 filings (1.50× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2021-06-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 2 filings (0.86× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-04-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2022-06-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 2 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-08-01: 1 filings (0.43× baseline)2022-09-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 3 filings (1.29× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2023-04-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2023-05-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2023-06-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 3 filings (1.29× baseline)2023-09-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 1 filings (0.43× baseline)2023-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 3 filings (4.48× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2024-04-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2024-05-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2024-06-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2024-08-01: 3 filings (1.29× baseline)2024-09-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2024-11-01: 1 filings (0.43× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2025-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2025-03-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2025-04-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2025-06-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2025-07-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (0.43× baseline)2025-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Dallas, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Oak Cliff. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oak Cliff

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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 513 eviction filings here over 18 tracked years, with about 5.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.5% of renter households in 2002.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48113005300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113005300?

Census tract 48113005300 in the Oak Cliff neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 48113005300?

Median gross rent is $1,634/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48113005300?

15.7% of residents in tract 48113005300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,606.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48113005300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 78th, minority 88th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 48113005300 considered part of Oak Cliff?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113005300 fall within Oak Cliff (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113005300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 513 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113005300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.47% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48113005300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.57× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48113005300 compare to Dallas overall?

Tract 48113005300 scores 4.7/10, 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 48113005300 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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