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Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Oak Cliff Eviction Risk: Lower , Dallas

Tract 48113006301 · Dallas, TX · pop 6,208 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 3.8/10, tract 48113006301 in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,208 residents. Against Dallas County at 47.9%, 18% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 18% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,810
Renter share21.6%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate12.2%
Median income$69,562

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In Oak Cliff
Low
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#195 of 348 tracts In Dallas
Moderate
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#278 of 645 tracts In Dallas
Elevated
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#3,048 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dallas and the region

Centroid at 32.7131, -96.8486 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oak Cliff scores 3.8

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
12.2% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,373 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 / state3.8This tracttract 0063013.7Dallasparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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)

  • 427Total filings over 18 yrs
  • 6.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.4%Peak (2004)
  • 15Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48113006301
Filings dropped 40% over the past 18 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 68Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.97×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Cliff. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oak Cliff

Adults with no health insurance runs 35.3% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 427 filings here across 18 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2004, when 12.4% 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 7.0% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48113006301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113006301?

Census tract 48113006301 in the Oak Cliff neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 48113006301?

Median gross rent is $1,373/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48113006301?

12.2% of residents in tract 48113006301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,208.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48113006301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 54th, minority 95th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 48113006301 considered part of Oak Cliff?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113006301 fall within Oak Cliff (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113006301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 427 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113006301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.99% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48113006301 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.97× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 48113006301 compare to Dallas overall?

Tract 48113006301 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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 48113006301 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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