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Lake Highlands Eviction Risk: Lower , Dallas

Tract 48113007825 · Dallas, TX · pop 4,917 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 3.4/10, tract 48113007825 in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,917 residents. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 21% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,379
Renter share51.4%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$77,539

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Lake Highlands
Elevated
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#222 of 348 tracts In Dallas
Low
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#347 of 645 tracts In Dallas
Moderate
Within state
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#3,765 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dallas and the region

Centroid at 32.8937, -96.7346 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Highlands scores 3.4

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
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,116 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Lake Highlands compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lake Highlands risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 007825Dallas: 3.73.7Dallasparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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

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)

  • 4,232Total filings over 18 yrs
  • 24.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 49.2%Peak (2008)
  • 124Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 481130078252000: 186 filings (22.70/100 renter HHs)2001: 210 filings (25.63/100 renter HHs)2002: 242 filings (29.54/100 renter HHs)2003: 206 filings (25.14/100 renter HHs)2004: 216 filings (26.36/100 renter HHs)2005: 196 filings (23.83/100 renter HHs)2006: 396 filings (48.14/100 renter HHs)2007: 249 filings (30.27/100 renter HHs)2008: 405 filings (49.24/100 renter HHs)2009: 270 filings (32.82/100 renter HHs)2010: 277 filings (20.34/100 renter HHs)2011: 269 filings (19.75/100 renter HHs)2012: 222 filings (16.30/100 renter HHs)2013: 167 filings (12.26/100 renter HHs)2014: 231 filings (16.96/100 renter HHs)2015: 227 filings (16.67/100 renter HHs)2016: 139 filings (10.08/100 renter HHs)2017: 124 filings (8.99/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 18 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,042Total filings 2020-21
  • 13.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.82×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 (0.23× baseline)2020-02-01: 2 filings (0.21× baseline)2020-03-01: 3 filings (0.90× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 1 filings (0.10× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 1 filings (0.15× baseline)2020-11-01: 1 filings (0.18× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (0.10× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 4 filings (0.60× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (0.17× baseline)2022-01-01: 2 filings (0.15× baseline)2022-02-01: 23 filings (2.47× baseline)2022-03-01: 31 filings (9.31× baseline)2022-04-01: 2 filings (0.17× baseline)2022-05-01: 2 filings (0.30× baseline)2022-06-01: 12 filings (1.56× baseline)2022-07-01: 5 filings (0.48× baseline)2022-08-01: 4 filings (0.52× baseline)2022-09-01: 15 filings (1.96× baseline)2022-10-01: 5 filings (0.75× baseline)2022-11-01: 2 filings (0.35× baseline)2022-12-01: 9 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-01-01: 12 filings (0.92× baseline)2023-02-01: 2 filings (0.21× baseline)2023-03-01: 7 filings (2.10× baseline)2023-04-01: 6 filings (0.51× baseline)2023-05-01: 7 filings (1.05× baseline)2023-06-01: 3 filings (0.39× baseline)2023-07-01: 14 filings (1.36× baseline)2023-08-01: 3 filings (0.39× baseline)2023-09-01: 30 filings (3.91× baseline)2023-10-01: 20 filings (3.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 20 filings (3.53× baseline)2023-12-01: 15 filings (2.50× baseline)2024-01-01: 31 filings (2.38× baseline)2024-02-01: 13 filings (1.39× baseline)2024-03-01: 13 filings (3.90× baseline)2024-04-01: 23 filings (1.97× baseline)2024-05-01: 25 filings (3.75× baseline)2024-06-01: 7 filings (0.91× baseline)2024-07-01: 10 filings (0.97× baseline)2024-08-01: 19 filings (2.48× baseline)2024-09-01: 22 filings (2.87× baseline)2024-10-01: 7 filings (1.05× baseline)2024-11-01: 5 filings (0.88× baseline)2024-12-01: 24 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 18 filings (1.38× baseline)2025-02-01: 6 filings (0.64× baseline)2025-03-01: 28 filings (8.41× baseline)2025-04-01: 33 filings (2.83× baseline)2025-05-01: 27 filings (4.05× baseline)2025-06-01: 89 filings (11.60× baseline)2025-07-01: 32 filings (3.10× baseline)2025-08-01: 4 filings (0.52× baseline)2025-09-01: 36 filings (4.69× baseline)2025-10-01: 88 filings (13.19× baseline)2025-11-01: 37 filings (6.53× baseline)2025-12-01: 32 filings (5.33× baseline)2026-01-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 30 filings (300.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 47 filings (470.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 62 filings (620.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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 Lake Highlands. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lake Highlands

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 58% here against 47.9% across Dallas County.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,116, 24% below the Dallas average. The filing record is not thin: 4,232 evictions over 18 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2008 at 49.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 24.2% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10.

Against average income of $77,539, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Dallas County average of 3.8 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48113007825

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113007825?

Census tract 48113007825 in the Lake Highlands neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 48113007825?

Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48113007825?

10.4% of residents in tract 48113007825 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,917.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48113007825?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 17th, minority 67th, housing 52th.
Q5

Is tract 48113007825 considered part of Lake Highlands?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113007825 fall within Lake Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113007825?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4,232 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113007825 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.17% of renter households, peaking at 49.2% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48113007825 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.82× 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 48113007825 compare to Dallas overall?

Tract 48113007825 scores 3.4/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dallas

Top eight tracts in Dallas ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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