Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Denton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48121020505 · Denton, TX · pop 7,408
Census tract 48121020505 covers part of Denton, TX, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,408. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units3,097
Renter share27.1%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$107,411
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denton and the region
Centroid at 33.2423, -97.1075 · click any tract to drill in
Why Denton scores 3.4
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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,900 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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 Denton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 207Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2007)
- 15Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 209Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.03×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Fort Worth, 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 Denton
Average gross rent is $1,900, 34% above the Denton average. 34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Denton County average of 45.5%. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 207 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2007 at 5.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48121020505
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121020505?
Census tract 48121020505 in Denton 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 48121020505?
Median gross rent is $1,900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121020505?
3.8% of residents in tract 48121020505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,408.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121020505?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 47th, minority 35th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48121020505?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 207 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 48121020505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.13% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48121020505 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.03× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48121020505 compare to Denton overall?
Tract 48121020505 scores 3.4/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Denton
Top eight tracts in Denton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Denton Square
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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48121021304
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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48121020507
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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48121020508
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Denton Square
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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48121021414
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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