Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Brentwood Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Denton
Tract 48121020402 · Denton, TX · pop 6,737 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
48121020402 is a census tract in the Brentwood Place area of Denton, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,737 residents. Against Denton County at 45.5%, 68% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,807
Renter share45.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$77,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denton and the region
Centroid at 33.2428, -97.1596 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brentwood Place scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Denton
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,780 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Denton
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Denton
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Denton
3.5
How Brentwood Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 224Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2007)
- 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 253Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.72×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Fort Worth, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brentwood Place
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $1,780 a month, rents run 25% over what the rest of Denton commands. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Denton County average of 3.8. The filing record is not thin: 224 evictions over 13 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2007 at 6.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48121020402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121020402?
Census tract 48121020402 in the Brentwood Place neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 48121020402?
Median gross rent is $1,780/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121020402?
12.1% of residents in tract 48121020402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,737.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121020402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 37th, minority 51th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 48121020402 considered part of Brentwood Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48121020402 fall within Brentwood Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48121020402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 224 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 48121020402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.69% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48121020402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.72× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48121020402 compare to Denton overall?
Tract 48121020402 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Denton at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Denton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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