Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Whispering Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Garland
Tract 48113019018 · Dallas, TX · pop 5,025 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 48113019018 covers part of the Whispering Hills area of Dallas, TX, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,011
Renter share50.1%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$68,903
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garland and the region
Centroid at 32.9253, -96.7113 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whispering Hills scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Garland
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,260 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garland
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garland
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garland
3.0
How Whispering Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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)
- 4,052Total filings over 18 yrs
- 19.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.8%Peak (2005)
- 143Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 653Total filings 2020-21
- 8.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.92×Ratio to 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 Whispering Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whispering Hills
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Dallas County average of 47.9%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4,052 filings here across 18 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,260, 14% below the Dallas average. Filings peaked in 2005 at 28.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 19.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Dallas County average of 3.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $68,903.
50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113019018
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113019018?
Census tract 48113019018 in the Whispering Hills 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 48113019018?
Median gross rent is $1,260/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113019018?
12.5% of residents in tract 48113019018 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,025.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113019018?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 56th, minority 83th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 48113019018 considered part of Whispering Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113019018 fall within Whispering Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113019018?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4,052 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113019018 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.77% of renter households, peaking at 28.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48113019018 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.92× 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 48113019018 compare to Garland overall?
Tract 48113019018 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Garland at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Garland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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