Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Lancaster Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48113016803 · Dallas, TX · pop 5,873
Tract 48113016803 sits in Lancaster, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. Population here is 5,873. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,270
Renter share54.4%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate19.3%
Median income$53,025
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lancaster and the region
Centroid at 32.5961, -96.7640 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lancaster scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lancaster
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
19.3% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,488 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lancaster
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lancaster
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lancaster
7.8
How Lancaster compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,465Total filings over 18 yrs
- 9.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.8%Peak (2017)
- 129Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 163% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 874Total filings 2020-21
- 11.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.12×Ratio to 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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lancaster
What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. Set annual rent against average income of $53,025 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Against Dallas County at 47.9%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
It sits 1.5 points above the Dallas County average of 3.8. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.2% against 11.3% nationally.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 1,465 evictions over 18 years of observation. At $1,488 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Lancaster commands.
Filings peaked in 2017 at 12.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113016803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113016803?
Census tract 48113016803 in Lancaster scores 5.3/10 (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 48113016803?
Median gross rent is $1,488/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113016803?
19.3% of residents in tract 48113016803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,873.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113016803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 73th, minority 85th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113016803?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,465 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113016803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.62% of renter households, peaking at 12.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48113016803 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.12× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48113016803 compare to Lancaster overall?
Tract 48113016803 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Lancaster at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lancaster; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lancaster
Top eight tracts in Lancaster ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Millbrook East
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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48113016709
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48113016704
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Millbrook East
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48113016802
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Millbrook East
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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Millbrook East
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48113016708
3
/ 10 · Low
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