Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Whispering Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Garland
Tract 48113019032 · Dallas, TX · pop 4,824 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 48113019032 sits in the Whispering Hills area of Garland eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. Population here is 4,824. Cost burden runs 31% here against 47.9% across Dallas County.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,039
Renter share38.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$67,525
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garland and the region
Centroid at 32.9203, -96.6918 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whispering Hills scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Garland
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
15.8% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,476 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garland
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garland
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garland
2.5
How Whispering Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 663Total filings over 18 yrs
- 10.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.3%Peak (2014)
- 61Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 118% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 114Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.50×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 Whispering Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whispering Hills
Adults with no health insurance runs 34.3% against 11.3% nationally. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 663 evictions over 18 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,476, 10% below the Garland average. The worst year on record was 2014, when 23.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 10.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113019032
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113019032?
Census tract 48113019032 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 48113019032?
Median gross rent is $1,476/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113019032?
15.8% of residents in tract 48113019032 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,824.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113019032?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 65th, minority 90th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 48113019032 considered part of Whispering Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113019032 fall within Whispering Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113019032?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 663 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113019032 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.28% of renter households, peaking at 23.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48113019032 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.50× 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 48113019032 compare to Garland overall?
Tract 48113019032 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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