Within neighborhood
0
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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Wilds of Africa Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dallas
Tract 48113006200 · Dallas, TX · pop 6,315 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 48113006200 in the Wilds of Africa area of Dallas, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,315 residents. Cost burden runs 71% here against 47.9% across Dallas County.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,110
Renter share54.9%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$44,949
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas and the region
Centroid at 32.7240, -96.8331 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilds of Africa scores 4.9
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
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,205 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Wilds of Africa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
- 10%Grade B
- 11%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)
- 2,138Total filings over 18 yrs
- 15.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.4%Peak (2002)
- 130Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 21% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 463Total filings 2020-21
- 6.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.49×Ratio to 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 Wilds of Africa. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilds of Africa
33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Set annual rent against average income of $44,949 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Adults with no health insurance runs 26.9% against 11.3% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Dallas County average of 3.8.
Average gross rent is $1,205, 18% below the Dallas average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,138 filings here across 18 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 33.4% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Dallas. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 15.3% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113006200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113006200?
Census tract 48113006200 in the Wilds of Africa neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 48113006200?
Median gross rent is $1,205/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113006200?
15.9% of residents in tract 48113006200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,315.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113006200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 86th, minority 92th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 48113006200 considered part of Wilds of Africa?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113006200 fall within Wilds of Africa (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113006200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,138 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113006200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.31% of renter households, peaking at 33.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48113006200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× 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 48113006200 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 48113006200 scores 4.9/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 48113006200 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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